Our conversation with Orange County Commissioner District 6 Candidate Nikki Mims-McGee

Nikki Mims-McGee is an native Orlandoan and has been a West Orange County resident for over four decades. Along with her deep roots in the community, Nikki has over a decade experience in community leadership with a focus on diversity and inclusion. As a candidate for Orange County Commissioner for District 6, Nikki’s primary goal is to build a community focused on progress and prosperity for all; a place we are all proud to call home.

Nikki is the daughter of the prominent owners of Mims Construction, ranked as one of the top ten concrete and masonry service providers in central Florida. Like her parents, Nikki is an entrepreneur and community advocate at heart. Nikki is the mother of a handsome teenage son and beautiful pre-teen daughter. Nikki also has two adorable and playful terriers, Cookie and Pablo.

In 2002, during Nikki’s undergraduate college years, she owned and operated a successful clothing boutique and later went on to open a mobile phone franchise in 2010. Nikki’s future aspiration is to open a law firm and focus on the areas of Corporate and Contract Law.

Being a skilled researcher and passionate about community initiatives, Nikki implemented and recommended policies regarding the Split Oak and WEBOR water rights initiative. She also sits on local boards to include the Orange County Charter Review Board (member since 2020), in which she drafted several charter amendments that appeared on the ballot and the Membership and Mission Review Board (member since 2020), whereby she was unanimously voted and appointed for both boards by all sitting Commissioners.

Nikki received her Bachelor of Science in Political Science, Cum Laude, from Florida A&M University, a Master of Applied Social Sciences in Public Administration, Cum Laude, a Juris Doctor, with Honors, from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School – Tampa Campus, and a Masters of Law (LLM) in Corporate Governance and Finance, with a speciality in Trademarks.