Our Next Speaker

Nicole Overley, Virginia Commissioner; Commonwealth Agency on Workforce Development; "Virginia's Workforce Empowerment…and the AI Launchpad"

As Commissioner of Virginia Works, the Commonwealth’s new agency focused exclusively on workforce development, Nicole leads an incredible team of professionals across a multitude of programs and services that support the employers and job seekers of Virginia and coordinate across the broader Commonwealth-wide workforce ecosystem.

She also oversees the new  VirginiaHasJobs.com/AI – an online AI Career Launch Pad to help Virginians explore, learn, and connect to high-demand AI and tech-related opportunities. Developed in partnership with the Grow with Google program, the site is designed to help working-age Virginians understand, explore, and prepare for the growing role of AI across industries and jobs. 

Serving the Commonwealth fulfills a lifelong dream of public service for Nicole. Previously, in over a decade spent with Deloitte Consulting in Northern Virginia, Nicole incubated and scaled the firm’s Future of Work practice for government, nonprofits, and higher education, spoke and published frequently on workforce & workplace trends, was named to Consulting Magazine’s “35 under 35,” and worked with public and private sector clients across the nation

Nicole holds two degrees from Johns Hopkins University. In her free time, she can be found exploring places she hasn’t been before across Virginia and beyond.