Nickole Conley
Chief of Staff
Nickole Conley
Nickole Conley was appointed as 51ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s executive officer by 51ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Chancellor Daniel M. White in October 2018, and her title was changed to chief of staff in August 2022 to better reflect her duties. A longtime employee, Conley has a significant breadth and depth of knowledge about 51ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and supports a number of efforts across the university, including the strategic planning process and the creation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem. She served in 51ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s College of Engineering and Mines as the chief financial officer from 2010 to 2018, in 51ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's Alaska Center for Energy and Power as the deputy director of operations from 2014 to 2018, and, most recently, at 51ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's Center for Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship as director.