Nick Nabavian

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About Nick Nabavian

A Graduate Gemologist who received his diploma from the Gemological Institute of America, Inc, where he focused on gem identification and diamond grading, Nick Nabavian serves as President of Nikia Jewelry, based in Great Neck, New York. He holds certifications in color stone and diamond identification, retail jewelry, and jewelry sales. At Nikia Jewelry, established in 1983, Nick Nabavian oversees day-to-day management, human resources matters, and financial functions of the company. He acts as in-house Graduate Gemologist as well. For 15 years, Nick Nabavian served as a volunteer fireman and as a chauffeur for engines with the Great Neck Vigilant Fire Company. He completed a number of related courses, including training in chauffeuring, department operations, water rescue, the essentials of firefighting, and the primaries of firefighting. Mr. Nabavian fought interior fires and drove the ambulances, the aerial ladder, engines, and the heavy rescue truck. During his tenure as a volunteer firefighter, he served as Financial Secretary of the department for two years and sat on the Board of Trustees for five years. In other volunteer service, Nick Nabavian donates to and raises funds for the Young Mashadi Jewish Center of Great Neck, a member community center and synagogue of the nonprofit United Mashadi Jewish Community of America. For his devotion in volunteering more than 400 hours on the temple’s security team, he achieved captain status. In another selfless act, Mr. Nabavian donated bone marrow platelets for a patient with lymphoma through the national organization Gift of Life. A dedicated family man, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics at The State University of New York at Stony Brook. He served on the Board of Appeals for the Village of Great Neck for five years.