- Urban Affairs Director, City of St. Petersburg
- Former Deputy District Director for Congresswoman Kathy Castor
- Former Assistant VP of Community Development Banking for AmSouth Bank.
Appointed by the Mayor, Nikki is the City of St. Petersburg’s Director of Urban Affairs where she works to develop the policy agenda for South St. Petersburg across city departments, and to spur economic development in the South St. Pete Community Redevelopment Area.
Her prior positions were as Director of Communications & External Affairs for the Pinellas County Urban League (where she was selected by the National Urban League to the Whitney Young Jr., Emerging Leaders Program), Deputy District Director for Congresswoman Kathy Castor, Executive Director of the Partnership for a Healthier Pinellas, Outreach Director for Congressman Jim Davis, owner of Sanaa’ Systems, and Assistant VP of Community Development Banking for AmSouth Bank.
The St. Pete native is a graduate of the University of South Florida, Leadership St. Pete, National Urban Fellows America’s Leaders of Change program, and Tampa Bay Public Leadership Institute.