Nicole Ward

Nicole Ward is Western Regional Director of BDO USA, the fifth largest, global public accounting and professional services firm, providing assurance, tax, financial advisory and consulting services to a wide range of publicly traded and privately held companies.

During the course of her business career, Nicole has held leadership roles in marketing, business development, management, strategic planning, training and staffing. Most recently, she worked with Tatum LLC, as their Northern California Practice Director, and Accretive Solutions (also known as Horn Murdock Cole) as the Director of Business Development.

Nicole is from Los Angeles, and graduated from the University of California-Santa Barbara. Nicole serves on several boards within the San Francisco community. She serves on the board of directors for Watermark, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, ArtPoint of the De Young Museum, and on the Advisory Committee of the Glow Foundation.