Nicole Anderson

AVP of Social Innovation & President of the AT&T Foundation

AT&T

You can’t rely on anyone else for your own happiness—you have to make your own.

About Nicole

My parents are both immigrants from the Netherlands, so my sister and I are first-generation Americans.
Growing up, our parents were active in politics and serving the community, so I developed an early interest in both of those areas.
Attended the University of California, San Diego, where I earned my bachelor’s degree in political science.
I began my career in politics working on campaigns and congressional tasks.
On a whim, I decided to go back to school to get my MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.
I struggled my first year in graduate school—I had to learn the basics of Microsoft Excel and familiarize myself with subjects like accounting and statistics.
After graduating, I began working for AT&T where I started out working in external and legislative affairs within the same branch as the AT&T Foundation.
I am now the assistant vice president of social innovation at AT&T and the president of the AT&T Foundation, overseeing all of our philanthropic programs and charitable giving.