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About the Founder

Meet the Founder

Nancy Ottino is the founder of The Socialites Club—a refined and welcoming community created for women who believe that connection, beauty, and gracious living can change everything. At the heart of her work is a simple conviction: no woman should ever feel unseen, and extraordinary things happen when women gather with intention (and a little style).

Nancy’s career began after graduating from the University of San Francisco with a Bachelor of Science in Business Analytics, launching her into the fast-paced worlds of San Francisco and Silicon Valley. There, she served as a Marketing Manager for Intel, where strategic thinking came naturally—but creativity was always close behind.

In her early thirties, she followed her design instincts back to school at the esteemed Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) in San Francisco, launching a career in interior design that took her across California overseeing the design and build-out of 42 high-end retail furniture stores. Along the way, she earned national recognition for innovative marketing and large-scale retail design, as well as an early design-school distinction for “Most Likely to Succeed”—a title that proved prophetic.

Her work soon expanded beyond interiors. Nancy is the author of a bestselling design book that found notable success in London, selling over 10,000 copies, and she helped produce more than ten television programs for HGTV, working behind the scenes to shape creative concepts, storytelling, and on-screen experiences. Her signature style blends creativity with strategy—and polish with personality.

She later founded The Idea Group, a PR and marketing firm based in Connecticut, where she spent 15 successful years working with clients nationwide. Her work has been featured in House Beautiful, Traditional Home, and Country Living, along with multiple television appearances and a national award for innovative marketing.

Today, based in Northern Colorado, Nancy brings together everything she loves most—business acumen, design sensibility, and gracious hospitality—to curate The Socialites Club: a place where women feel welcomed, celebrated, and unmistakably at home.

Because belonging should feel beautiful—and life is simply better when share