Nico Connolly
Principal Strategist
Principal Strategist
Nico Connolly serves as a Principal Strategist in the Research Interpretation and Application unit at the FrameWorks Institute. Prior to joining FrameWorks, Nico was a Director of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships at America’s Promise Alliance where he led Every School Healthy, an initiative to shift the narrative around healthy schools to include mental health and whole child wellbeing. In this role, Nico worked closely with a wide range of national and community partners, youth leaders, communicators, and researchers to help connect research, practice, and policy to drive outcomes related to the wellbeing of young people. Originally from New York, Nico grew up in Panama and graduated from Loyola University New Orleans with a BA in Political Science.