Nicole Horn (she/her) is a business consultant, coach, and dynamic speaker. She began her entrepreneurial career in 2002, when she left television journalism to serve as co-owner of JMH Consulting, a higher education marketing and venture-building consultancy. From 2002 to 2018, JMH worked with more than fifty non-profit university clients and Nicole worked closely with university leaders to develop strategic solutions to reduce costs, increase revenue, and launch new academic offerings. By 2018, the $3.5 million consulting firm had 15 team members and was acquired by EducationDynamics. Nicole then spent three years at EducationDynamics as an executive running the business development team and managing key clients in the $7 million division. In 2021, after years of volunteer activism, Nicole left her executive role to run for statewide office in Georgia. During her campaign, she spoke at more than 100 events, raised $400,000 from over 1,000 donors, and beat three other candidates to make the primary run-off. Nicole recently founded ThirdEdge Performance Solutions to offer coaching, consulting, and training solutions. Nicole is committed to using her experience in team building, strategic planning, coalition building, and innovation to create new opportunities.