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Nicole Henderson

VP of Community Development

Nicole Henderson has more than 25 years of experience in environmental project management, brownfields redevelopment, community engagement, and land revitalization. 

She specializes in tough projects in small communities and most recently managed a re-visioning of a former shoe factory in Franklin Township, WV, and a former porcelain china manufacturer in New Castle, PA.

Ms. Henderson works across a broad spectrum of substantive areas to provide communications and outreach support as well as technical assistance to further economic and environmental revitalization. At Vita Nuova, she supports private-sector client site dispositions and public community revitalization projects. With more than 18 years of experience supporting the U.S. EPA’s Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization, Ms. Henderson has worked on more than 70 community technical assistance projects nationwide. She resides in Pittsburgh, PA.