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Thought Leader of the Year
2024
Media & awards
The recognition, with its receipts
Every award below names its issuer and its period. Where a designation or a year could not be verified, that is said rather than smoothed over.
Industry recognition
Awards and rankings
InvestmentNews
Women to Watch, Trailblazer of the Year — Finalist
2023
InvestmentNews
Hot 100 Movers & Shakers
2023
TEDx Mavili Square
TEDx speaker — “9/11 Survivor”
May 2023
Investopedia
Top 100 Financial Advisors
2022 & 2023
Invest in Others
Lifetime Achievement Award — honorable mention
Recipient
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
Woman of the Year
2024
MYCPE ONE
Excellence Award — Top Movers & Shakers of the Accounting Industry
Coaches & Mentors category
2024
Appointments & service
Where she sits, not just what she has won
Industry appointments and pro bono service, from her media kit. These are arguably better trust signals than the awards, because they are ongoing rather than a one-off.
CFP Board Center for Financial Planning
Diversity Advisory Group
Investopedia Advisor Council
Member
Generation X Community Association
Chair
60+ pro bono financial planning hours
CFP Board, 2026
TV, TEDx & billboard
On screen and on Broadway
Stills from her own media kit.
TEDx Mavili Square — “9/11 Survivor”
The Ultimate Plan: Survival Guide for Life’s Unexpected Events
Founder’s Story
Founder and CEO of Harvest Wealth Financial
Times Square billboard
Arranged by a third party. A promotional placement, not an award or an endorsement.
As she publishes them
The award graphics
Her own artwork, reproduced as-is. Useful as proof; not a substitute for the criteria disclosure above.
Times Square billboard
Arranged by a third party. A promotional placement, not an award or an endorsement.
#1 on Amazon
The Quiet Shift at number one in Physician & Patient Home Care — her own screenshot of the list. This is why the site makes the specific claim rather than an unqualified one.
Appearances
TEDxCNNBBC World NewsBlack EnterpriseGoBankingRatesInvestmentNewsInvestopediaThe Huffington PostThe Star-LedgerNews 12 New JerseyMarquis Who’s Who98.7 Kiss FMWFAN Sports RadioTalk Radio 1190 AMThe Bev Smith ShowMy9CN8
Published writing
Her bylines and features
Titles exactly as listed on her media page.
- GoBankingRates
I’m a Financial Planner From The World Trade Center: Here’s How Financial Challenges Rebuilt My Career After Tragedy
- InvestmentNews
How depths of 9/11 trauma propelled planning career
- Life & Health Advisor
Enter The Quiet Shift
- InvestmentNews
How to champion women in wealth-building conversations
- Investopedia
7 Top Investing Books Recommended By Financial Advisors
- GoBankingRates
I’m a Financial Planner: 4 Questions To Ask About Your Inheritance
- GoBankingRates
I’m a Financial Planner: 3 Money Resolutions That Usually Fail — And 3 That Stick
- GoBankingRates
How To Recover From a Summer of Spending
Broadcast
Her show
Standing On Business is on the air now. Its own listing describes it as practical tools, accessible resources and holistic intervention for accumulating wealth while breaking free from financial trauma — the practice’s subject, in a different format.
On the air now
Standing On Business
Published in full as “Standing On Business...Breaking Free From Financial Trauma”, hosted by Dr. Nicole herself. It is the same subject as the practice: what happens to money after something happens to you.
- Apple TV
- Roku
- Shining Stars of Atlanta
- Preach The Word Network
Literary
Book awards
Literary Global Book Award — Winner
The Quiet Shift · inaugural award, Health: Aging/50+
International Book Award — Finalist
2023, Health: Aging/50+
#1 Amazon Best Seller
The Quiet Shift · Physician & Patient Home Care category
Amazon Best Seller
Breaking Free From Financial Trauma · on release, September 2024
The BookFest Award — Winner, 2023
Dare 2 Dream and The Quiet Shift
Book Excellence Awards — Finalist
Seal published on her book pages
International Impact Book Awards — Winner
Seal published on her book pages
I am credentialed, I’m credible, and I’m called.
Press, podcast or stage inquiries
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