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R.F. Wilkins Consultants is a highly-awarded New York–based development and management consulting firm. Founded in 2011, RFW manages a diverse portfolio of public and private sector projects and has elevated into the top 2% of women-owned firms and 0.1% of Black women-owned firms in the nation. We partner with private corporations, small businesses, government agencies, and non-profits to meet their development, project management, compliance and technology needs. Leveraging inclusion and equity, RFW is committed to effectively solving our clients’ biggest challenges while bridging the equity gap.
R.F. Wilkins Consultants was named the 2023 Consultant of the Year by the Society of American Military Engineers for its work on the JFK Redevelopment Project with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Our vision is to expand throughout the U.S. and internationally, becoming a leader in developing and executing transformational and inclusive solutions worldwide.
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Francilia Wilkins Rahim is the CEO and Founder of R.F. Wilkins Consultants, Inc. and Interim CEO and Founder of AYO Labs
To date, Francilia has led RFW in raising more than $900 million for clients, completing more than 1000 unique projects and growing into the ranks of the top .1% of management consulting firms, owned by an African American woman in the United States.
She has aided in the development of numerous diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and continues to advocate for equal opportunity for minorities in real estate, contractors, and small businesses. In partnership with the New York Real Estate Chamber and New York City’s Economic Development Corporation, she worked to develop the New York City’s Emerging Developer Loan Fund. She led Google’s NYC Google Digital Coaches program to create access for minority and women owned businesses. In 2019, HNTB and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey named R.F. Wilkins Consultants one of two Compliance contractors responsible for ensuring compliance across the $20 billion John F. Kennedy Airport Redevelopment Project.
In 2020, she was awarded $3.5M from the City of New York and has since raised $14.5M which she will be leveraging to build AYO Labs, the nation’s first modern day, African American women-owned accelerator anchored in a 40,000 square- foot contract manufacturing facility. The project will scale more than 500 businesses annually and create more than 400 jobs citywide. Ms. Wilkins Rahim is a staunch advocate for diversity in procurement and management. She is a sought-after speaker on equity and inclusion, minority & women business development, the creation of economic opportunities for disadvantaged communities and the diversification of corporate America.
In addition to her role as CEO of R. F. Wilkins Consultants, Francilia serves on various boards including Greater Allen Development Corporation, Allen Community Non-Profit Programs, St. John’s University’s Tobin College of Business, and New York State’s Housing and Community Renewal’s Multifamily Advisory Council. She also serves as Vice Chair for Brooklyn’s Pitkin Avenue Business Improvement District. In 2020 she was appointed as a member of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s COVID Advisory Council for Real Estate and Infrastructure as well as NYC’s Department of Education MWBE Advisory Committee.
Francilia has received various awards and accolades for her work. In 2022, Crains named her NYC’s Emerging Leader in Diversity Equity and Inclusion. In 2020, she was named Power Woman of New York by Schneps Media. In 2019, she received the Woman of Excellence Award from New York Women’s Chamber of Commerce, MWBE Executive of the Year Award from the New York Tri- State Chapter of the National Association of Minority Contractors, Next Generation Women Builder Award from the Women’s Builder’s Council, and 2019 Corporate Trailblazer Award from Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
Francilia holds both a Bachelor of Science in Finance as well as a Master of Business Administration in Marketing Management from St. John’s University.
