Why Nick
Walla Walla is my hometown
I grew up here, and music was a big part of that. I minored in it and was the youngest member of a national honor band and choir, so I know how much a show asks of the volunteers, and why they keep coming back anyway. I was at Wine, Dine, Death this month, in a room full of people who clearly love this theatre.
I've done this kind of work here before. I wrote and won the $630K state grant behind Verge Conference, our 2023 pitch competition at the Power House, and I helped Community Council get its accounting and technology in order. I'm an MBA candidate at the University of East London, and I run Flow Consulting and Kindling here in town.
I'm the bridge, and I won't apply for the permanent job. That keeps the HR Committee's search clean.
Resume
Operations, accounting and grants, mostly in Walla Walla
2025–2026, Walla Walla
Agency Administrator (contract), home care agency
Took a small agency through its first license, ran HR, accounting and compliance, and put in an EMR and HR system. Staff and monthly revenue doubled in the first three months, and I handed off the administrator role under policies I wrote. It's the closest thing I've done to this job.
2016–present, Walla Walla
Founding Partner, Operations & Accounting, Flow Consulting
Accounting, operations and change management for about 80 small businesses and nonprofits, with 2 CPAs and 6 bookkeepers.
2020–present, Walla Walla
Founding Partner, Kindling Coworking
Grew membership from 5 to 64, expanded the space by 35%, and automated member and space management.
2023, Walla Walla
Founder and grant writer, Verge Conference
Wrote and won a $630K+ Washington State Department of Commerce grant with the Downtown Walla Walla Foundation, then ran Verge, a pitch competition at the Gesa Power House Theatre for businesses in Walla Walla, Columbia and Garfield counties.
2020–present, Seattle
Corporate Operations & Project Management, Pivotal Engineering
Corporate operations and process work for a software firm, including its S-corp conversion and four technical certifications.
2021–2024, Walla Walla
Corporate Operations (contract), Innov8.ag
Helped an AgTech startup through an $840K pre-seed raise and managed $800K in multi-year contracts.
2021–2022, Walla Walla
Digital Workplace Manager, Sapere Consulting
Financial controls, business continuity and CMMC security for a 35-person distributed team.
2014–2015, Walla Walla
Accounting and technology support, Community Council
Helped the nonprofit get its accounting system and technology in order.
2014–2016, Los Angeles
Advanced Tier Billing Support, OptimisPT
Billing support and training for 1,600 physical therapy clinics through the ICD-10 conversion.
Education
- MBA, University of East London (in progress, expected Sept 2027)
- Business & Communications, Trinity Western University
- AAS Fire Science/EMT and AA, Walla Walla Community College
- Associated Student Body President, WWCC
Community and certifications
- Community Development Fellow, Pomegranate Center (2015)
- Ford Institute Community Leadership Certificate (2009)
- Certified ScrumMaster, and CSM AI & Agility (2023)