About

 

Nicole Shaffer-Thomas

I’m a creative professional with 10+ years of experience leading communications and fundraising in the education sector. Currently I’m Chief Communications Officer at BES. Previously, I led communications, outreach, and fundraising for national education nonprofits and state departments of education. [More on LinkedIn.]

I do:

Strategic communications  |  Project management  |  Business development  |  Boiling down complex issues into language that’s clean, simple, and easy to understand  |  Creating order wherever I go

I like:

Race & gender politics  |  Politics politics  |  Giving unsolicited advice  |  Pop culture  |  Culture culture  |  Education equity  |  Oprah  |  Puerto Rico  |  Being a word nerd  |  Breakfast  |  Dogs  |  All beige everything  |  Writing  |  Creating