Nik is dedicated to building more connected, inclusive, and creatively vibrant communities. 

With over 15 years of experience spanning professional theatre, nonprofit leadership, and public engagement, his work lives at the intersection of creativity, equity, and civic life.

Currently Nik serves as a Community Affairs Coordinator at TriMet, where he leads engagement for the expansion of bus rapid transit in Portland’s western suburbs, strengthening relationships between public agencies and the people they serve. Previously, Nik was the Producing Artistic Director of Bag&Baggage Productions, where he guided the organization through a transformational period that expanded access, deepened partnerships, and centered equity in operations and programming. In that role, he reimagined structures, fostered new pathways for artist and audience engagement, and increased foundation support by over 100%.

A longtime leader in expanding representation and access, Nik served as Program Director for the Black Theatre Coalition, where he designed and led national fellowship and apprenticeship programs placing more than 30 BIPOC professionals in producing and creative roles across Broadway and major regional institutions. He has collaborated with industry leaders including the Goodman Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and Omaha Performing Arts, as well as producers, management companies, and marketing agencies. His own creative work spans directing, producing, and casting for both stage and screen.

As a producer and director, Nik has helmed productions and workshops including Red Velvet  & The Glass Menagerie (Bag&Baggage), empty spaces (AGE in the Arts), Once Upon a Mattress (STAGES Youth Performing Arts Academy), and Ella Enchanted: A New Musical (Omaha Theater Company). He is the co-writer and director of IS YOU IS, an original musical selected for the inaugural DCASE Studio Residency program and a recipient of the EST/Sloan Foundation Commission, and the creator and host of THE COME UP with Nik Whitcomb, a talk show and podcast highlighting artists and changemakers.

Nik’s creative producing extends beyond the stage into community development and coalition building, where he brings a producer’s mindset to organizing, collaboration, and sustained civic impact. He is the co-founder and Festival Organizer of the Hillsboro Film Festival and serves on multiple boards and advisory bodies, including Oregon Children’s Theatre, Washington County’s Advisory Council on Racial Equity, and the Hillsboro School District's Education Equity Advisory Committee. 

Nik is a Theatre Worker You Should Know (American Theatre Magazine, 2020), a recipient of multiple Omaha Entertainment & Arts Awards, and his tenure at Bag&Baggage contributed to the organization being named Organization of the Year by the Washington County Chamber of Commerce in 2024. 

Nik holds a BA in Theatre from Creighton University and will begin his Master of Urban and Regional Planning at Portland State University in 2026, building on his long-standing commitment to shaping bold spaces for intentional connection and exploring how systems can better support healthy, equitable development.