Nick Meyer

President & Communications Consultant

Nick is a people-first, results-driven and authentic communicator, with more than 20 years of experience spanning across the corporate communications, consumer products, energy, media and public relations industries.

Prior to starting Ballast Communications in 2024, Nick served as the vice president of state communications for NiSource, Inc. (NYSE: NI) – one of the largest fully regulated energy providers in the United States, serving four million natural gas and electric customers across six states under the NIPSCO and Columbia Gas brands. There Nick was responsible for leading communications strategies that resulted in a more positive customer experience, improved reputation and increased employee engagement in line with the company’s overall strategic direction and positioning.

Nick is a proven leader in crisis and emergency response and he has a passion for growing and developing the next generation of communications leaders.

Nick also served as vice president of communications and external affairs for NiSource’s subsidiary NIPSCO, with responsibility for communications, public affairs, economic development and corporate citizenship activities for Indiana’s largest combination energy provider.

Prior to joining NIPSCO and NiSource, Nick was a senior account executive in the Consumer Marketing practice for Weber Shandwick Worldwide, one of the world’s leading global public relations firms, where he executed strategic public relations initiatives, product launches and the introduction of new advertising campaigns for a number of recognizable national and international consumer brands. Additionally, Nick was an account executive in the Consumer Public Relations division for Margie Korshak Inc., worked as a pit reporter for the Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky., served as a spokesperson for the Accenture Chicago Triathlon and was an assistant producer for a Sunday morning community affairs program on WCPO-TV (ABC) in Cincinnati, Oh.

Nick was named as a Top 20 Under 40 Professional in Northwest Indiana by the NWI Times’ BusINess Magazine, he a graduate of Indiana University and has served on the board of directors for a number of local non-profit organizations, including the Food Bank of NWI and Lake Area United Way. Nick has served as a Town Councilman for the Town of Long Beach, Public Affairs Committee Chairperson for the Indiana Energy Association and member of the Edison Electric Institute’s External Affairs Committee.

Nick lives in the Chicagoland / Northwest Indiana area with his wife Colleen and three children.