Board of Directors

Charlie Nichols

Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Wealth and Investment Management at Wells Fargo

Charlie Nichols

E. Charlie Nichols is Vice President, Lead Counsel, Wealth and Investment Management at Wells Fargo. Charlie has substantial experience counseling internal business partners in the development, enhancement and operation of retail managed advisory account programs, with a focus on investment adviser regulation and the convergence of investment advisory and brokerage services. Charlie has a JD and MBA from the University of Iowa.

Education

  • THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, Tippie College of Business, Iowa City, Iowa
    M.B.A., distinction, December 2014
    Honors and Activities: Winning Team - Capstone and Littlefield Simulations
  • UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW, Iowa City, Iowa
    J.D., May 2004
    Honors and Activities: Merit Scholarship Recipient; Research Assistant to Professor Randy Bezanson
  • MOREHOUSE COLLEGE, Atlanta, Georgia
    B.A., magna cum laude, Political Science, May 2001
    Honors and Activities: Departmental Honors, Brisbane Prize – Top honors thesis

Bar Admission

  • Iowa (2005), Tennessee (2010), Missouri (2020)

Professional Associations/Volunteer Activities

  • DM Business Record Forty under 40 Class of 2017
  • Commissioner, Supreme Court to the Access to Justice Commission
  • Board Member, ACC Iowa Chapter
  • Chair, ISBA Corporate Counsel Section
  • Member, Fair and Impartial Courts Committee

  • Council Member, YLD Executive Council