Nicole Leonard is associate director of institutional giving and development at WBUR. She is excited to use her professional skills, experience and status as a long-time WBUR member to help support quality journalism.

An accomplished development professional, she has nearly two decades of experience fundraising for Greater Boston's arts and cultural non-profits. Most recently, Nicole was associate director of institutional giving at NPR’s From the Top. She currently serves on the Boston Theater Company board of directors.

Nicole, a proud Massachusetts native and Boston University alumna, lives in Watertown with her husband and daughter. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, listening to music, keeping up with current events (which often means yelling at her TV/radio) and attending arts events in the city.