Contact Nicole: dottan@etown.edu
Nicole joined the High Center on April 3, 2023, as the new Managing Director – Lehigh Valley. Nicole has spent the last twenty-five years entrenched in the Lehigh Valley business community.
She began her career in publishing at Lehigh Valley Business (formally Eastern PA Business Journal) and The Morning Call and spent over a decade in circulation sales, public relations and marketing. In 2010, Nicole was hired by ArtsQuest to help the nonprofit organization develop new events with other area nonprofits as it opened SteelStacks on the largest revitalized brown field in the country. Nicole quickly transformed her role into one that not only created new programming, but also led directly to new partnerships and sponsorships, playing a key role in helping ArtsQuest quadruple its programming for the region. Through creative planning, coupled with the development of dynamic supporting partnerships, Nicole’s efforts led to new sustainable programs. At Musikfest, the nation’s largest free music festival, Nicole worked tirelessly to develop national partnerships that attracted some of the country’s leading brands, while also helping to place Musikfest on the national map thanks to innovative experiences and programs. In Nicole’s key leadership roles, she has been honored to spend her career working with so many dedicated businesses and community leaders in the Lehigh Valley.
In 2016 Nicole Dotta was honored as a 40 under 40 by Lehigh Valley Business.
Nicole has always been passionate about community service and volunteerism and has sat on countless boards over the years. Some of those that she has supported include the Emmaus Main Street Board, the Downtown Bethlehem Association, Literacy Center’s Committee, YWCA, Citizens Christmas City Committee and as a Coach for the Miracle League of the Lehigh Valley and most recently served on the Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. In addition, she has been a strong advocate for Alzheimer’s Awareness, both as a speaker and volunteer.
Nicole is a 2007 graduate of Moravian University, the College of Continuing Studies with a Bachelor of Science, Business Management and a Bachelor of Arts, Sociology.
Nicole was born and raised in the Lehigh Valley. She is a resident of Northampton, PA where she lives with her husband and two boys. When she is not on the baseball or soccer fields cheering on her children, she enjoys relaxing at the beach.
