Meet the Team

Nikki Hill formed Nicola Hill Strategies in late 2017 bringing 25 years of working in politics, campaigns and public policy. She became a partner and top client lead at one of Canada’s largest public affairs firms in 2018, which she departed in early 2024 to focus on social impact focused clients and policy work.

With a proven track record of success, Nikki excels at empowering diverse clientele, spanning from businesses and associations to unions and non-profits, to attain their government relations objectives. Her successes in government relations span governments of all partisan stripes and she has deep relationships with influencers across the country. Nikki also became a faculty member for the United Way Public Policy Institute in spring 2024.

As a senior leader within the BC NDP for over a decade, Nikki’s leadership played a pivotal role in the seven provincial and federal election campaigns where she led the province-wide ground campaigns. She appears frequently in the media as a commentator and political strategist, including as a regular panelist on the Global BC Political Panel.

Before starting her career in public affairs, she was the Director of Labour Participation at United Way of the Lower Mainland and a member of the senior management team. Prior to United Way, Nikki was the Executive Director for the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society BC Chapter, where she simultaneously led government relations and strategic communications for over a dozen conservation campaigns while working with Indigenous communities, business and local stakeholders.

Actively engaged with many community organizations since a young age, Nikki currently lends her expertise to the board of the Public Affairs Association of Canada BC Chapter as the Co-President and to the national board of GreenPAC. Her commitment to equity lead her to become the Co-Chair of United Way Period Promise in 2017 and the Chair of the Government of BC Period Poverty Task Force from 2022 to 2024.

Nikki has a degree in political science from the University of British Columbia and an Associate Certificate in Non-Profit Management from BCIT. As a believer in the importance of lifelong learning, Nikki completed the UBC Sauder ESG Fundamentals for Sustainable Business course in 2024.

Nikki was awarded the 2023 WXN Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100 Award for community impact. She is the recipient of the 2020 Greater Vancouver Board of Trade Wendy McDonald Community Catalyst Award, the 2020 United Way of the Lower Mainland Joe Morris Labour Community Service Award and a nominee for the 2021 YWCA Metro Vancouver Women of Distinction award for Business and the Professions.