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MEET NICOLE ROWAN, BBA, MSM
Founder/ Chief Strategic Officer
Nicole has an extensive background in nonprofit management and community advocacy with more than 10 years of executive level leadership experience in the nonprofit sector, and a passion for relationship building, fundraising, community advocacy, and strategic planning. Nicole is a licensed and ordained Pastor and she operates in ministry as a counselor and consultant. Nicole holds a graduate degree in Business Management from Indiana Wesleyan University and undergraduate degrees in Business Administration & Accounting from Northwood University and Indiana Business College. Nicole previously worked for Rebuilding Together Nashville as the Executive Director where she secured more than $200,000 in grant funding her first year on the job to support the mission to Repair Homes, Rebuild Lives, and Revitalize Communities. She was recruited to Nashville to run the Northwest Family YMCA. Nicole worked for the YMCA, a global nonprofit organization for 16 years in Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Nashville YMCA Associations. While serving as the Executive Director of the Northwest Family YMCA here in Nashville Nicole led their sustainability task force and Healthier Communities Projects in collaboration with city leaders who worked to help create a plan to sustain the center.
Press Play on Purpose and Beyond
In 2019 she founded her own consulting agency, Press Play On Purpose Consulting, LLC where she provided strategic planning and board governance training to nonprofits and government entities. Prior to joining the RT Nashville team, she worked as the Landlord Liaison and a Housing Court Navigator for the Metro Action Commission of Davidson County Government as a part of the HOPE program which focused on housing stability for individuals and families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nicole is also an active volunteer, serving in a leadership capacity with multiple organizations and boards such as Vice Chair of Membership for Nashville Cable, Online Pastor at Triumphant Nation Church, Board Chair of Meharry Medical College's Community Advisory Board, and Board Member for Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Clinic, as well as being a Board Member of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Metro Nashville Chapter serving as the Chapter Chaplain and the Correspondence Secretary. Nicole was recently nominated for the motivation mom award for the 2022 Nashville Women Who Rock Awards and has been featured in the Nashville Business Journal for “People on the Move.” She has also received the honor of being recognized as an Athena Award nominee. Nicole was awarded the Cause Driven Leader award for her work with the Gateway Region YMCA. Nicole has two children and has been married to James Rowan for 15 years. She loves to spend quality time with her family and to travel.