Founder, Managing Director
As a managing director of LINC, Nicole Finnemann coordinates with LINC directors on business and project development, conducts negotiation and mediation training, and co-designs negotiation simulations for clients. In addition to co-founding and managing LINC, Ms. Finnemann is the Director of Research & Academic Affairs at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI) in Washington D.C. and is responsible for issues related to North Korea and for academic outreach. Around the country, she speaks in KEI’s numerous university programs and academic symposia. In Washington, Ms. Finnemann is responsible for programming and publications related to North Korea.
Annually, Ms. Finnemann travels with KEI’s president Ambassador Jack Pritchard to Pyongyang where they have engaged with DPRK Foreign Ministry Officials, Trade Ministry Officials, and more on the future of U.S.-DPRK relations (see photos here). Following her first round of meetings with the North Koreans, Ms. Finnemann authored and has since facilitated “Getting to Normal: A Six Party Talks Simulation” for over 2,500 participants around the country, exposing them to the competing interests and needs of the six nations negotiating the denuclearization of North Korea.
Previously to LINC and KEI, Ms. Finnemann participated in referendum and peace agreement drafting for the Public International Law and Policy Group and co-founded the American University Negotiation Project along with her fellow LINC founders. She also has over five years of primary and secondary-level teaching and curriculum design experience. Having lived in Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands, Italy, and South Korea, Ms. Finnemann speaks Spanish fluently as well as some Italian and Korean. She holds a B.A. in mathematics from Kalamazoo College and an M.A. in International Conflict Resolution from the American University’s School of International Service.
Areas of Focus: East Asia
Contact:
nfinnemann@lincnegotiations.com