Job Title: Founder

Organization: Fuentes Toubia, PLLC

Degree(s): LLM (Tax); Juris Doctorate; B.S Economics (magna cum laude)

Nicola Fuentes Toubia, JD, founded the law firm Fuentes Toubia, PLLC to help nonprofits with their legal and tax issues. She offers over 31 years of experience aiding nonprofits such as museums, schools, private foundations, social justice and advocacy groups, churches, affordable housing nonprofits, conservation groups, hospitals, and mental health clinics. Nicola’s unique skills combine her extensive knowledge of tax laws that control nonprofits’ exempt status and state laws that regulate their governance structures. A frequent industry speaker, Nicola is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the District of Columbia Bar Association. For over 17 years, Nicola has served as an instructor at Rice University’s Leadership Institute for Nonprofit Executives and as a speaker and on the planning committee for the University of Texas School of Law’s Nonprofit Organizations Institute. Nicola serves on the boards of the Hermann Park Conservancy, the ACLU of Texas, and the Texas Medical Center Area TIRZ 28. She is a member of the Houston Philosophical Society and a fellow of the American Leadership Forum. Nicola received a J.D. from University of Texas School of Law, an LL.M. in Taxation from University of Houston Law Center, and a B.S., magna cum laude, in Economics from Texas A&M University. Nicola enjoys gardening, kayaking, traveling with her husband, reading, and friendly dogs.