Staff

Troy Nichols

Membership Director

Troy Nichols is the Associate Director of Membership for Imagining America.  He has spent over twenty five years working with children, families, and communities in various capacities.  These include foster care, adoption, mentoring, community activism, and community engagement.  Troy was a professor at California State University Sacramento for seven years.  His latest career entailed facilitating collaborative work between various partners, community members, and decision makers in child welfare to create federally recognized and funded child abuse prevention plans. The major success in this work was strong, sustainable relationship building and facilitating collective change and impact. Troy’s skills in these areas directly translate to the mission and vision of Imagining America. Troy also utilizes storytelling and life experiences to invite those he works with to view concepts through different lenses.  It has been shared by many that his energy and excitement for the work he does is contagious.   

Troy is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is married to Keisha and has four children and two Standard Poodles. He is an exuberant football (EAGLES) and basketball (Sixers) fan and enjoys water sports/activities.