Nicole Kimberly McCauley

Nicole Kimberly McCauley is a native New Yorker who has spent the past 22 years working on behalf of young people in New York City. She started her career as an Admissions Officer at Pace University and then served as the Assistant Director of Recruitment at Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO). She transformed the Scholars’ Program recruitment and admissions process into a strategic and comprehensive operation in this role. Hoping to make a more significant impact, Nicole joined the Harlem Village Academies (HVA) team. Her primary responsibilities in this nationally recognized charter school network included hiring teachers and staff for five schools.

In 2015, Nicole joined the Office of Teacher Recruitment and Quality, serving as the Director of Recruitment for the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE). She was responsible for building a pipeline of over 20,000 traditional and alternative certification candidates for the city’s 1,800 public schools. Nicole returned to SEO to serve as the Director of Recruitment and Diversity Initiatives.