2020
FRANCILIA
WILKINS RAHIM
CEO AND FOUNDER
R.F. WILKINS CONSULTANTS, INC.
Francilia Wilkins Rahim has been serving as the CEO and Founder of R.F. Wilkins Consultants,
Inc., which is a New York-based Business Development and Management Consulting Firm.
They partner with nonprofits, small businesses, government agencies, and corporations to
meet their development and expansion needs.
To date, Wilkins Rahim has aided in the development of numerous city-wide diversity and
inclusion initiatives and has continued to advocate for equal opportunity for minority real
estate developers, contractors, and small businesses. She has engaged over 5,000 local
businesses and has led the company in raising more than $900 million for clients through
grant writing, advocacy, and events, and growing its reputation in the ranks of top-performing
management consulting firms owned by a minority woman.
In partnership with the New York Real Estate Chamber and New York City’s Economic
Development Corporation, she has worked to develop the City’s Emerging Developer Loan
Fund. Wilkins Rahim has spearheaded Google’s NYC Google Digital Coaches program in an
effort to create access for minority and women small businesses throughout the city. In 2019,
HNTB and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey named R.F. Wilkins Consultants
as one of two Compliance contractors responsible for ensuring minority and local inclusion
across the $13 billion John F. Kennedy Airport Redevelopment Project.
In addition, Wilkins Rahim was recently appointed to the Board of Directors for Greater Allen
Development Corporation & Allen Community Non-Profit Programs. She was also appointed
in 2020 to the Mayor’s COVID-19 Real Estate & Construction Sector Advisory Council.
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