Nikki Shackelford

Nikki Shackelford joined United Way of Marathon County as the Community Impact Associate.  She is originally from Oklahoma, lived in Fort Worth, Texas for a minute, then moved to Madison, Wis. where she lived for almost 20 years. 

She previously owned a dog hiking and training business servicing the Madison area that she built from the ground up and loved it with all her heart. However, business ownership just wasn’t for her.

Nikki's work with dogs also made her want to get back into working with humans, and our current socio-economic situation fuels her desire to be part of a community working to take care of each other. She looks forward to immersing herself into this community and seeing what we do together!!