Nicole Taffaro Bush is the Senior Director of Alumni Career & Professional Development within the Office of Alumni Relations at Tulane University. She has over twenty years of experience as a career consultant. Nicole has earned a variety of coaching certifications – most recently, Certified Executive Coach – ICF Level 2 and Certified Leadership & Resilience Coach.

Prior to creating and developing career programming for alumni, Nicole worked with students at the A. B. Freeman School of Business, where she created, developed and taught the first career development class offered by the university and represented the Career Management Center on both undergraduate and graduate level curriculum committees.

In 2014, Nicole was elected to serve on the Tulane Staff Advisory Council (SAC) for three years, where she represented staff concerns as a member of the University Senate and served on the SAC Executive Board. She has been actively involved in professional organizations and in her community, currently serving as President of the Alumni Career Services Network.

Born and raised in New Orleans, LA, Nicole graduated from Tulane University with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. She spent several years working for the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida and worked as a Staffing Manager in Atlanta before returning home to New Orleans.