Nykia Wright is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of REALTORS®. She brings a breadth of executive leadership and strategic advisory experience with her.
Prior to assuming the role in November of 2023, Ms. Wright was the Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Sun-Times. As CEO of the Chicago Sun-Times, she led the newspaper through a sweeping digital transformation and a merger with WBEZ (Chicago Public Media).
Before joining the Sun-Times, Ms. Wright was a strategy and business transformation professional with more than 15 years’ experience advising and leading companies and teams for operational, financial, and performance improvement projects.
Most recently, Ms. Wright co-founded SonicMESSENGER, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup helping democratize audience engagement and measurement by leveraging smart audio. She sits on the board of the American Cancer Society and the Better Government Association, among other entities, and is a member of the Dean's Advisory Council at her alma mater, the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. She has received many awards for her success, including the 2022 YWCA Chicago – Outstanding Leader in Business, 2019’s Chicago’s most powerful women in journalism, and Chicago Crain’s 2018 40 under 40.
Ms. Wright has a B.S. in Business Administration and Finance from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA in General Management and Strategy from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.