meet nicci roach

Award-winning learning and development (L&D) professional. Catalyst for developing leadership capacity. Advocate for the advancement of women and 

gender equity. Author. Educator. Entrepreneur. Nicci Roach is diversifying rooms with equipped leaders through interactive lectures, consulting and as 

on-air radio host and producer on KSTL Jubilee 690 AM. 

Nicci has helped hundreds of leaders across various industries transform behavior, elevate mindset, embrace empathy,

build inclusive culture, and reimagine possibilities. 

Nicci possess more than 15 years in higher education leadership. 

She currently serves as an Special Assistant to the President at 

Saint Louis University. In this role she serves as an active catalyst for constructive and collaborative change, helping to propel the University to be a global Jesuit institution that is student- and patient-centered, research-driven and mission-focused, working alongside staff, faculty, students and the people of St. Louis to re-imagine, transform and unify the city. This includes leading the research, planning, launch and management of assigned strategic projects in collaboration with University stakeholders.

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Webster University’s inaugural Associate Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion and Senior Director for Community Engagement.

In 2012, Nicci accepted a gubernatorial appointment to the Missouri Community Service Commission. 

Nicci is the Co-Founder of Mosaic Ceiling, a Midwest based non-profit with a mission to ‘empower women one ceiling at a time’. 

Nicci toured with the inspirational theatrical play, Lord Knows I’ve Tried (MKC Productions).

She served as lead producer and on-air talent for a popular community affairs radio show on ClearChannel (now iHeart Media). 

Nicci was host of Music Central Videos, Gospel Xpressions and the Suite Soul Spot Concert Series, all featured in St. Louis, MO. 

She was selected as the host for Reel Entertainment, a Charter Communications Public Access Entertainment Show.