Nichol Luoma, MBA, ASU Vice President, will be acknowledged on October 16th with the Positively Powerful Woman Sustainability Leadership Award.

by | Feb 21, 2020 | Business, Diversity & Inclusion, Women

2020 Positively Powerful Award Honoree Nichol Luoma, MBA

2020 Positively Powerful Award Honoree Nichol Luoma, MBA

Nichol Luoma is the Vice President of University Business Services, University Sustainability Operations Officer, and Chief Procurement Officer. It was my honor to ask her to receive the 2020 Positively Powerful Woman Sustainability Leadership Award at the 12th Annual Awards Luncheon. The title Sustainability Leader took on many distinctions for me. Professionally, she strengthens and supports Arizona State University, the #1 innovation leader, as an institution and those who do business in it and with it. In a boarder sense, Nichol Luoma is also a “sustaining” family member and community leader. And in a personal sense, for my company Triad West Inc., she is are a visionary change maker. The collaboration my company now has with ASU 365 Community Union would not have been possible without her influence.

“Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.”

J. K. Rowling

As a result, Triad West is working closely with Nichol Luoma, Vice President of ASU Business Services, Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, Vice President for Cultural Affairs and Executive Director of ASU Gammage, Lisa Loo, Vice President of Legal Affairs and Deputy General Counsel, Arizona State University, and Victor Hamburger, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives for ASU Cultural Affairs, the parent department of ASU Gammage, ASU 365 Community Union and ASU Kerr Cultural Center.

Nichol Luoma is a first-generation college graduate and has nearly two decades of global business operations leadership experience. She oversees multiple operations at Arizona State University including supply chain (procurement and materials management), auxiliaries, parking and transit, sustainability practices, risk management, physical security initiatives, and environment health & safety.

She graduated summa cum laude from ASU’s W. P. Carey School of Business and Barrett, the Honors College with a bachelor’s degree in supply chain management. She also was a W. P. Carey School of Business Outstanding Graduating Senior. She received her MBA from Duke University, where she also graduated summa cum laude and was honored as a Fuqua Scholar.  Nichol Luoma was a Past President (2018-2019) of the National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP) and is a faculty member for NAEP and the Western Association of College and University Business Officers.

This is an open invitation to all who know and have worked with Nichol Luoma and those who would like to acknowledge her for her leadership and contributions. Join us. Become a sponsor. Attend as a guest. Connect and make an impact at the Positively Powerful Conference, Friday, October 16th at ASU Community Union, Sun Devil Stadium, 500 East Veterans Way, Tempe, AZ. The Education Summit breakfast and registration begin at 7:30 a.m. Speakers program from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Following the Summit, we host the Positively Powerful Woman Awards in celebration of the accomplishments of the 12th Annual Positively Powerful Woman Award recipients. Sponsorship Information and Registrations are available online.