Nicole Netherton

Nicole Netherton (Chief Executive Officer, Pease Park Conservancy) is a Houstonian who found her spiritual home in Austin during her time at The University of Texas at Austin, but she also lived in (and loved) New York City in the early 2000s. Nicole entered the nonprofit world in 2016 after being inspired by a life-changing trip to Antarctica: seeing the fragile ecosystem 7,000 miles from home sparked a shift toward environmental work. Before that, she had a long career in marketing for a book publisher, and her professional background is in development, marketing, and management. She also served as Executive Director for Travis Audubon and loves to go birding whenever she gets the chance. Her professional passions include enjoying and protecting wildlife and native ecosystems in Central Texas, increasing equitable access to nature, and mentoring women toward conservation careers. Pease Park is Austin’s oldest park, gifted to the city in 1875, and is an important urban greenspace in a rapidly changing city. Nicole loves being a steward of a place that is so important to Austin’s past, present, and future, both for people and for nature.