Nicole is the Executive Director of the Kankakee County Convention and Visitors Bureau (KCCVB).

She is a 2000 graduate of Purdue University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Health Promotion and a Bachelor of Arts in Health and Safety Teaching.  She spent ten years working in the health and fitness industry for Health Fitness Corporation, Johnson and Johnson Health Care Services and Lifetime Fitness before moving to Manteno in 2010. She then accepted a position with Riverside Health Fitness Center before becoming co-owner of Barefoot Yoga Loft in Bradley, IL from 2017 – 2020. In May 2018 Nicole started her career with the Kankakee County Convention and Visitors Bureau (KCCVB), took a hiatus to work for Joel Gesky State Farm for 18 months and came full circle back to the KCCVB in July 2021. She has taken on the role of Executive Director since August of 2022. She thrives on advocating positive change and continuing to promote Kankakee County as an overnight destination, a place to work and place to live.

Nicole also serves on the Illinois Destinations Association Board of Directors, Kankakee Development Corporation Board of Directors and part of the Marketing Committee. She volunteers on the Riverside Healthcare Heart Ball Planning Committee and the 2024 Kankakee River Valley Regatta planning committee.

Nicole is mom to Danny, a sophomore at Illinois State University, and Makenna, a senior at Manteno High School, and is in the throws of all-things-college for her kids. She resides in Manteno, is a two-time marathoner (“never again!” she says,) and loves teaching hot yoga at Olive Branch Yoga. She enjoys traveling, reading, boating, kayaking (basically anything outdoors in the summer!) & spending time with her favorite people.