Jayne is the Associate Director & Training Manager for the ICONS Project. She oversees all aspects of ICONS' professional training programs, serving as course facilitator and client manager. Ms. Nucete has been facilitating interpersonal skills workshops and trainings since 1998. Her clients have included youth-at-risk, college students, survivors of domestic violence, and professionals in the public and private spheres, domestically and internationally. In Malaysia, she facilitated training for rising leaders at a major bank. In Mexico, she facilitated cross-cultural exchanges and sustained professional relationships with villagers in the remote Copper Canyon. Ms. Nucete has also extensively negotiated difficult conversations between youth-at-risk and their parents as they attempted to improve their relationships.

Ms. Nucete is an adept outdoorswoman who has spent more than 700 days leading wilderness expeditions through challenging terrain and (often more challenging) group dynamics. She worked for Voyageur Outward Bound School, first as a field instructor and then as a manager. Ms. Nucete is also trained as a Wilderness First Responder and has experience managing emergency evacuations with limited resources in wilderness contexts.

Ms. Nucete earned her MA in International Relations, Conflict Management, and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Bologna, Italy, and Washington, DC. She holds a BSW in Social Work and a BA in Spanish from the University of Missouri.