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Who is Nicol Turner?
Nicol Turner is an author, speaker, and activist. Nicol Turner is currently a Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution’s Center for Technology Innovation. Nicol is also the Co-Editor-in-Chief of TechTank. Before joining Brookings, she conducted research on a public policy aimed at ensuring equitable access to technology across the United States.
Early Life and Childhood
Nicol Turner’s birthplace is the United States of America. Every year in September, Nicol celebrates her birthday.
She was born in the United States of America to her father and mother. Nicol is of African-American ethnicity and of American nationality.
Education Details
Nicol Turner enrolled at Colgate University in 1986 and graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and African-American Studies.
She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Northwestern University the same year. Nicol also has a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
She is currently a Visiting Scholar at Arizona State University’s Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology.
Nicol is also a member of the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband advisory working group and the digital diversity working group. In her spare time, she chairs the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC).
TPRC is dedicated to bringing together policymakers and academics to discuss critical issues in technology policy.
Professional Career
In 1989, Turner began as a Minority Intern at the Proctor and Gamble Minority Summer Internship Program.
From 1995 to 2003, she worked as a Consultant for United Airlines. Nicol was a former Chicago CTCNet Board Member at Community Technology Centers Network from 2002 to 2003.
She established Neighborhood Technology Resource Center in 2000 and worked there until 2008.
Nicol worked as a Vice President and Digital Inclusion at One Economy Corporation from September 2002 to August 2009. She was also the Board Chair of the Center for Economic Progress from 2002 to December 2011.
Nicol joined the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in August 2009 as Vice President and Director of the Media and Technology Institute. She was employed there until April 2012.
She was the President and CEO of NAMIC in New York, NY, from April 2012 to August 2013.
From August 2013 to November 2016, Nicol was the Vice President and Chief Research and Policy Officer at the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area.
Nicol has been a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies and the Director of The Brookings Institution’s Center for Technology Innovation since November 2016.
Net Worth and Salary
Nicol Turner earns an annual salary of $76,285 on average.
She is a wealthy American author, speaker, and activist with a net worth of $3,483,816.
Relationship Status
Nicol Turner has posted and mentioned her son and daughter on Instagram. However, the activist has been very careful not to make her current marital status public.
Body Measurements
She is a woman of average height. Nicol is 5 feet 4 inches tall ( Approx 1.6m).
Social Media
Her social media handles are unknown.
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Trivia
- Lee Nicol is an author, speaker, and activist from the United States.
- She is currently a Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution’s Center for Technology Innovation.
- Nicol is also the Co-Editor-in-Chief of TechTank.
- She is a woman of average height, standing at 5 ft 4 in ( Approx 1.6m).
- Nicole has posted and mentioned her son and daughter on Instagram.
