She has earned a reputation for being a consummate association professional. Managing small- to medium-sized organizational department budgets, Nicole has built robust operational infrastructure including rapid development of a Covid-19 crisis response (during her time as interim CEO). She has worked alongside four different associations to produce 10 strategic plans, consistently hitting growth and outreach goals.

Nicole has a proven track in increasingly responsible roles by bringing a relationship-focused, collaborative, hard-working spirit to serve the stakeholders, employees, industry partners, volunteers and members.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from DePaul University in 2011 and earned the rigorous CAE credential in 2014.