2025 Emerging Leaders in Business Scholarship Fund

About Nicole De VeraLI Board Member; Certified Public Accountant, Finance Manager

Nicole has served as a board member for Leadership Initiatives since joining our team in 2022 where she has sought to provide leadership and mentorship to outstanding students around the world.

Nicole’s career has taken her through senior and management roles in corporations all around the world. She has worked as a Senior Audit Manager at KPMG, one of the “Big Four” Accounting Organizations where she helped provide accounting services to not-for-profit and commercial clients. Recently, Nicole has worked as a Finance Manager for FOAA (Finance Operations Accounting and Analysis) and AWS (Amazon Web Services) Accounting at Amazon.

As a part of her work with Leadership Initiatives, Nicole has helped provide mentorship to students, while also working to further amplify the impact of projects and business startups globally.


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1. Your academic interests
2. Your future education plans
3. How your future aspirations align with the goals of equitable development, entrepreneurship, and business innovation
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