As a Lendio team member, Nicole works to help small businesses gain capital to fund their American Dream. She builds connections, fosters relationships to increase brand awareness, and secures new business within communities to help local businesses thrive and survive. As an award-winning sales and marketing professional with proven success and with over 20+ years of leadership experience in small business ownership and restaurant management, she knows first hand how vital a small business is to their local community and how the right capital and funding can fuel a businesses growth. When she’s not working to leverage community partnerships to benefit small business owners, she’s traveling the world and the US with her husband of 17 years, 4 boys and chocolate lab Montana.. As a family they are always on the sports field, hiking, biking, running and exploring all this country has to offer!