Nicole Spencer

Executive Director

HIT’s first-ever Executive Director Nicole Spencer has led our organization since 2016, overseeing our day-to-day operations; delivery of services; and short- and long-term strategic growth. During her tenure, HIT has experienced significant programmatic and financial growth. Nicole’s brother Adam, a Marine who served in Iraq, was the first veteran on Cape Cod to receive a service dog from HIT. That inspired Nicole to volunteer at HIT before she was tapped to be our Director of Development and eventually our Executive Director.

A 2003 graduate of Emmanuel College, Nicole holds a Master of Arts in teaching. She taught 7th grade math before starting a family. As a stay-at home mom, Nicole began to get involved in the nonprofit sector by volunteering for different organizations and serving on a local nonprofit board. Nicole’s love of running led her to become a running coach; she is the owner of In Motion Training. From 2015 to 2019, she served as the Volunteer Manager of the ASICS Falmouth Road Race.

In 2016, Nicole combined her running expertise and passion for helping individuals who sacrifice so much for our country by co-creating Ruck4HIT, with one team of 12 runners and 4 drivers rucking 41 hours, from Ground Zero in New York City to Falmouth. Now HIT’s largest annual fundraiser, Ruck4HIT is a relay race in which more than a dozen teams and over 125 participants run through each town on Cape Cod while wearing a weighted rucksack to symbolize the burdens our service members and veterans carry with them. Each year, Nicole directs AND runs in the event. Nicole received the Cape & Plymouth Business 40 Under 40 Award in 2017 for dynamic leadership.