“Nicole is the Vice President of Human Resources at BrightView, a growing family of comprehensive outpatient addiction treatment facilities with locations across Ohio.  She is responsible for the overall strategy and execution of Human Resources at BrightView, fostering and strengthening a culture of collaboration, excellence, and initiative.  A high-impact HR professional with extensive proven experience throughout Human Resources, specifically in the manufacturing, telecommunications, and behavioral and veterinary medicine industries, Nicole has a passion for people-centric servant leadership, creating space for authenticity and connection – inspiring others to bring their best, most authentic selves to work each day.  She has a proven record of establishing HR as a vital business partner with an earned reputation as an intuitive, wide-ranging HR Generalist.  Nicole is a proud member of the SHRM A-Team, and she holds a volunteer leadership position as SHRM Foundation Chair on the Board of her local SHRM Chapter, GCHRA.  Earlier this year, Nicole started a blog, HR Without Ego, where her faithful sidekick, Maximus the Minimus – her 10 lb Shih Tzu serves as mascot.”