Meet our new team members:
Nikki Palmer
Campaign Director
Nikki Palmer is a seasoned development professional who currently resides in Jacksonville, Florida, but originally from Columbus, Ohio. With over a decade of experience specializing in fundraising campaigns and annual giving, Nikki has demonstrated expertise in driving philanthropic success and community impact.
Nikki holds an MBA in Organizational Leadership from Ohio Dominican University, where she honed her skills in strategic management and leadership. Her career includes notable roles at prominent organizations such as the American Heart Association and the University of Kansas Endowment, where she played a pivotal role in shaping and executing effective fundraising campaign strategies.
Beyond her professional accomplishments, Nikki is passionate about community development and youth mentorship. She dedicates her time to initiatives that support these causes, including reflecting her commitment to fostering positive change and empowering the next generation.
Nikki Palmer is excited and honored to join the Purpose Built Communities team and looks forward to making a meaningful impact.
Juan Zamarripa
Salesforce & Tableau Administrator
Juan Zamarripa is the Salesforce and Tableau Administrator at Purpose Built Communities. In this role, Juan manages and optimizes Purpose Built Communities’ Salesforce system, ensuring that the organization maximizes the benefits of Salesforce to support the organization’s mission and drive operations forward. He also builds Tableau dashboards that enhance Purpose Built’s data visualization and reporting capabilities.
Prior to joining Purpose Built, Juan was the Senior Manager, Data Strategy and Salesforce Administration, at Credit Builders Alliance overseeing and managing CBA’s technological resources and CBA’s data collection and analysis initiatives. Juan is a proud AmeriCorps alum having served in Arlington, VA coordinating and facilitating a college access program for Latinx and other immigrant high school students and starting a robotics club for sixth grade Latinx students. While completing his master’s degree Juan served as a data analyst for the Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee of McLean County in Illinois. He worked on measuring the relationship between persons with mental illness and the criminal justice system. He also helped evaluate the use of the Public Safety Assessment tool as an alternative to the use of financial conditions of release.
Juan holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and political Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master’s degree in applied economics with a concentration in community and economic development from Illinois State University.
