Nicole Carpenter is an enthusiastic, strategic-thinking communications professional. With an eye for details, she harnesses big ideas into results that drive company mission and solidify a strong brand. She has experience helping companies navigate gender diversity and broadening and strengthening their DEI initiatives.Nicole is the Director at the Women's Leadership Institute (WLI). She also serves on the Board of Directors for Reading Horizons and Stampin Up!, and she has been a regular contributor to KSL.com, a leading news source in Utah.Previous to WLI, Nicole advocated for women as an author, speaker and founder of MOMentity.com, which was an online community for overwhelmed moms. Nicole was a syndicated columnist for 5 years and is the author of “52 Weeks to Fortify Your Family: 5-minute messages” (Cedar Fort 2015).Nicole has a bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations from Weber State University and has been running the communications show for her own brand and past clients since 2007. She also has experience in human resources, employee management, training, sales, marketing, and Disney-level customer services.She and her husband spend most of their free time raising four amazing kids. Which means she really spends time shuttling kids around in her minivan, cooking meals no one likes and dancing to Shawn Mendes songs in the kitchen. She panic-purchased a puppy during the pandemic, so now she's also the dog-mom she swore she'd never become. Her new motto is: "I'm fine. It's fine. Everything is fine."