Nicole Meadows

Nicole Meadows is chair of marketing, sport and hospitality management and assistant professor of hospitality, tourism, event and sport management at Baldwin Wallace University.

Prior to joining BW, she worked in the hospitality and tourism industry for over 20 years in corporations, nonprofits, resorts, country clubs and special event venues. She also owned her own small business, where she helped nonprofits plan large-scale events and fundraisers. Meadows has experience in hotel and resort management, theme park management, food and beverage management, event management, business development and sales.

Most recently, she worked in the office of resource development for the Cuyahoga Community College Foundation and served as a lecturer for Cuyahoga Community College, where she taught courses in hotel, destination and event management. She has had the opportunity to work in various locations, including Hershey, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pinehurst, North Carolina, and Dallas, but now calls Cleveland home.

Meadows has a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Management from Penn State University and the Schreyer Honors College and an MBA from West Virginia University, where she had the opportunity to study international business in India. She has returned multiple times to WVU to judge the WVU John Chambers College of Business and Economics MBA Venture Capital Fair and has previously been a judge for Ohio ProStart.

She holds her ServSafe Manager certification with the National Restaurant Association and previously served as a proctor for those obtaining the certification. Meadows also consults on large-scale events for local nonprofits and was previously a certified Kansas City BBQ judge.

Courses

• Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM 240)
• Tourism in Recreation and Leisure (HTM 326)
• Hospitality and Tourism Marketing and Sales (HTM 342)
• Customer Experience Management in Hospitality & Tourism (HTM 343)
• Introduction to Sport Management (SPM 243)
• Program Organization and Administration (SPM 340)
• Facility and Event Management (SPM 450)