Nickole Conley

Chief of Staff

Nickole Conley was appointed as UAF’s executive officer by UAF Chancellor Daniel M. White in October 2018, and her title was changed to chief of staff in August 2022 to better reflect her duties. A longtime employee, Conley has a significant breadth and depth of knowledge about UAF and supports a number of efforts across the university, including the strategic planning process and the creation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem. She served in UAF’s College of Engineering and Mines as the chief financial officer from 2010 to 2018, in UAF's Alaska Center for Energy and Power as the deputy director of operations from 2014 to 2018, and, most recently, at UAF's Center for Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship as director.