Nicole Metz has more than 30 years of experience in Human Resources, supporting Fortune 500 companies, small government contractors, and for 8 years, managing her own consulting business. She served as Senior Director of Talent Management Intelligence Group for a corporation in Chantilly, Virginia, where she worked with senior executives on talent strategies and business needs. Her work included coaching, personnel development, new manager assimilation, career management, redeployment, diversity and inclusion, and succession planning.

She played a key role in performance management by establishing goals, monitoring progress, guiding organizational design, shaping proposals, and developing capabilities. She was also responsible for employee relations, reporting, metrics, redeployment, and Reductions in Force. She managed a team of staffing and talent professionals and created the company’s first redeployment guide, which became a widely used resource.

Before this role, she spent eight years with a corporation in McLean, Virginia, first as Assistant Vice President of Human Resources and later as Director of Talent Development & Management. She developed program managers and IT professionals, delivered program management training across the business, and earned President’s Club recognition for three consecutive years.

Earlier in her career, she held senior positions at a communications company in Reston, Virginia, and a technology firm in Germantown, Maryland. She began her career at a global corporation in Federal Sales, later moving into training, where she instructed more than 750 representatives, achieved two years of 100% student satisfaction, and trained top sales performers. She advanced to Sales Training Program Manager and contributed as a member of the People Development Board, supporting employee coaching and professional development.

Her career honors include the Aspire Award, Business Unit General Managers Award, People First Award, Strategic Vision Award, recognition as an Outstanding Performer, and five President’s Club awards.

She is a member of SHRM and ASTD and has volunteered in youth sports, STEM programs, and church activities, as well as serving as a driver for cancer patients. A former competitive athlete, she graduated with honors from Marymount University. She enjoys reading, gardening, traveling, and spending time with her husband, a service-disabled veteran, and their four children.

Nicole Metz continues to be recognized for her commitment to human resources, leadership, and community service.