Nicole W.

Experience

1. Chief Advancement Officer

   National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA)

   Sep 2014 — Present

   Nicole Wanzer-Serrano joined the national office in 2014. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Dartmouth College. As a debate coach, Nicole has coached Policy Debate teams to the top four of nearly every major national high school tournament. As the Executive Director of the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance, Nicole tripled the number of schools and students that participate in Policy Debate in her first two years. Under her leadership, Dallas Urban Debate was also recognized as the 2012 Urban Debate League of the Year. For her work as the co-director of the Debate Institutes at Dartmouth, Nicole was awarded the Bronx Science Achievement Award for her contributions to the debate community. Nicole’s development work at the national office includes the planning and implementation of all philanthropic efforts of the National Speech & Debate Association.

Skills

• Politics
• Curriculum Development
• Event Planning
• Social Networking
• Adobe Indesign
• Public Speaking
• Editing
• Public Relations
• Coaching
• Marketing
• Annual Fund
• Fundraising
• Planned Giving
• Microsoft Excel
• Indesign
• Teaching
• Time Management
• Annual Campaign
• Nonprofits
• Budgets
• Community Outreach
• Management
• Program Development
• Team Building
• Curriculum Design
• Policy
• Public Policy
• Individual Donor Cultivation
• Non-Profit Administration
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Social Media
• Strategic Communications
• Staff Development
• Spanish
• Stewardship
• Tutoring
• Leadership
• Grant Writing
• Volunteer Management
• Higher Education