As AVP for Creative Careers & Collaboration, Nicole Monahan leads a team that empowers students to launch their creative careers through coaching, workshops, events, resources, and real-world experiential learning partnerships. Monahan holds an MFA in sculpture from Ohio State. Her past roles include curatorial work at The Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Craft; educational media strategy at McGraw Hill Education and Edmentum; serving in artist Ann Hamilton’s studio; and teaching at CCAD, Ohio State, Oregon College of Art & Craft, and The Evergreen State College. Monahan is a fellow of the US-Japan Leadership Program, a network of Japanese and American leaders in government, business, and non-profit sectors.