Nicole Binkley is the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of TRAC - the Transition Resource Action Center. TRAC connects young people ages 16-24 who are transitioning out of foster or juvenile care and their unhoused peers in North Texas with the support they need to reach self-sufficiency. 

 

Before joining TRAC, Binkley served as the Chief Operating Officer at Austin Street Center, a 451-bed shelter in Dallas. Previously, Nicole held a leadership role at Metrocrest Services, a Carrollton-based organization that helps individuals and families stabilize their lives for a brighter future. She helped the organization through a significant expansion in services, increasing revenue from $6 million to over $12 million annually and leading a capital campaign.

 

Binkley's expertise spans corporate and foundation giving, grant management, capital campaigns, and operation restructuring and management to align resources with mission-critical objectives.

 

Binkley holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of Oklahoma and a Master of Public Administration in Nonprofit Management degree from the University of North Texas (UNT). She is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE). 

 

Binkley serves on the Advisory Board for the UNT Masters of Public Administration program, is Chair of the Alumni Engagement Committee, is a member of the Junior League of Dallas and has served as a Vice President of Communications, and has been recognized as a Metrocrest Chamber of Commerce Business Woman of the Year nominee. She is married to Jason, an Information Technology Engineer, with whom she has two boys. They live in Lewisville.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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