Nicole Verdes

Managing Director
(they/she)

Nicole is devoted to serving arts and culture organizations as an administrator and advocate. In their time as Managing Director of Lambda Archives, she has been successful in using her passion for social justice, arts and culture, and cultural preservation to create policies that center equity and access. In addition to her role at Lambda Archives, they have served on the Executive Committee of the San Diego LGBT Community Centers’ Young Professionals Council, Treasurer on the Steering Committee for Rising Arts Leaders San Diego, as a member of Diversionary Theatre's Community Advisory Committee, and currently serves on the board of the San Diego Regional Arts and Culture Coalition. She has presented on topics such as Youth Archival Futures at the ALMS Conference in Berlin and has served on a grant panel for the California Arts Council's Administrators of Color Fellowship initiative. Nicole holds a Master’s Degree in Sociological Practice from Cal State San Marcos and is a graduate of the Western Archives Institute’s course in Archival Study.