Nicola Dawkins-Lyn

Nicola oversees a body of work that supports government marketing and communications efforts focused on social and health behavior change. She provides corporate and technical oversight for projects to ensure excellent standards for quality, client satisfaction, and resource management.

She has held multiple leadership roles during her tenure with ICF, including leading portfolios, business development, and a former line of business focused on community health. With training as a sociologist, Nicola is excited about work that seeks to improve quality of life for others, particularly by addressing surrounding environmental and community health factors.

She brings significant experience in behavior change and public health. She has crafted innovative approaches to address client challenges, developed research and evaluation designs to assess the effectiveness of change efforts, and has provided training and technical assistance to support initiatives. Her work has also involved translating evidence to practice and using practice-based evidence to inform further programming. Nicola received a BA in both Sociology and Communication from Wake Forest University. She received her MPH and PhD in Sociology, and later an MBA, all from Emory University.