Nikka is a purpose-inspired leader and operational strategist who thrives on elevating businesses, professionals, and entrepreneurs to new levels of performance, vision, and mission.
Proven track record of building customer centric organizations, collaborative and nimble cultures, implementing operational and systemic growth initiatives. Innovative in approach and thought, Nikka excels in moving highly conceptual ideas into executable and thriving initiatives.
Professionally, Nikka is currently the Managing Director at Dallas College Bill J Priest Institute. Her main project is bringing an accessible, future-focused, and technologically advanced Innovation Hub to the DFW Community that drives long-term economic success for the area. The Innovation Hub will serve as a central point for small businesses, workforce, corporations, and higher education to collaborate and engage. She is also involved in sustainability initiatives at the college and creating sustainable, renewable, and agricultural programs and labs as part of the Innovation Hub offering.
Prior, Nikka worked with entrepreneurs and small business owners, as a Business Strategist and Consultant, helping them from ideation to realization, launching one company and moving another into development. She was the Director of Operations at Republic Elite, a countertop and cabinet Multifamily Construction company (post-merger) and Chief Business Officer of Elite Surface Innovations (pre-merger). There she created, implemented, and managed the operating infrastructure for the start-up company, and helped the company grow from start-up to $8M in revenue in 4 years, and supported the company through merger and acquisition. She was instrumental in developing a culture focused on project profitability, quality installation, and customer service. She gained a solid foundation in consulting and business engagement while working with Arthur Andersen Business Consulting in New York City.
She has an MBA from Wake Forest University. She was an active member of Junior League of Dallas, Toastmasters International, and all things fun! She is also a Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming and has been blessed to journey with sacred teachers.
Community Engagement
- Speaker – Guest on Local & Thriving Podcast, 2020
- Speaker – GridNEXT 2019
- Panelist – Alternative Funding Resources at The Capital Factory, 2019
