Speaker Profile

Nicole is a dynamic marketing and advertising executive with 25 years of experience leading high-performing teams and delivering enterprise-level results. She joined Navy Federal Credit Union in 2021 to help steer marketing’s agile transformation while heading up the project management team. As Marketing’s first-ever RTE, played a pivotal role in guiding agile practices for over three years, later expanding her impact by taking on leadership of the marketing production team in 2024. Before joining NFCU, Nicole led as Director of Marketing Operations at Total Wine & More for 16 years, building on her early career foundation in advertising at The Home Depot. She holds degrees in English Lit and Multi-Media Journalism from Montclair State University and University of Maryland.  Nicole is passionate about transforming marketing production and project management through strategic leadership, process optimization, and agile methodologies — specializing in scaling efficiencies, sparking innovation, and empowering high-performing teams to deliver exceptional results.  As a Certified Professional Coach, Nicole is deeply committed to nurturing professional growth, developing emerging leaders, and forging strong, collaborative partnerships. Her expertise lies in navigating complexity with clarity, streamlining workflows, and championing creative solutions that fuel business impact. With a coaching mindset, she aims to empower individuals and teams to unlock their full potential while keeping creative operations tightly aligned with strategic objectives.  Always striving for excellence (with a good sense of humor along the way), she thrives at the intersection of strategy, creative execution, and transformation — ensuring teams are equipped to innovate, adapt, and succeed in today’s fast-evolving marketing landscape.