| Andrea Wilson, President of RKD |
An energetic self-starter and while born and raised in Akron, Alabama, Andrea Wilson has come a long way to get where she is. She was born into a traditional family owned restaurant business learning and capturing everything she needed to know about how to become an entrepreneur. Her childhood consists of her being a manager for her father’s restaurants since the age of eleven. At age 15, she and her two siblings owned and operated their first restaurant ‘Matchbox Restaurant’ in Holt AL for 2 years before she graduated high school.
As Salutatorian and President of the Student Government Association, Andrea fled to Miami Florida at age 17 to pursue her education in Marketing & Management at Johnson & Wales University. But to also seek and learn what the world had to offer in life.
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There she exposed herself to the many cultures of the world and surrounded herself with highly motivated success drivers. Through her studies and teachings at Johnson & Wales University, Andrea has been able to capitalize her knowledge and talents into forming great relationships with people. She is highly skilled in various fields marketing, advertising, sales and public relations, finance, retail, law, organizational behavior and hospitality. In relocating to Los Angeles, Ca, she captivated the work environment by placing herself in multiple roles of labor first dedicating hard work as a Corporate Administrator at Premiere Radio Networks, a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications where she then realized her talents and knowledge over-qualified her as a unique individual.
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As President of RKD Corp, which divisions include RKD Music & Talent Management, Speakers Bureau Institute (speaker agency), and a non-profit organization Palace of Care & Goodwill, she oversees Marketing, Operations, Finance, Music Artist Management and the new developments of talent and product brands, more known to others as Brand Management. Andrea became the Executive Director of Back 2 School “Stop the Violence“ Youth Empowerment Tour in 2009, produced by Palace of Care & Goodwill Inc, a national non-profit organization that caters to the empowering of youth in communities across America. As Executive Director her job is to oversee the national committee and create events in targeted communities impacting youth all across the board.
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A young, firm, bold and passionate executive, people gasp at her age and seek her branding expertise in future growth and building. Her focus is building leaders and showing people young or old the steps of how to be a successful entrepreneur but also how to tap in to your consistent brand. ”No one is too young or too old to build their dreams”, says Wilson. But she doesn’t plan to stop there. With ownership in her family restaurant business, Andrea, along with her father and brother, plan to expand locations as well as product developments in the food and candy industry. She is also producing a film, a life biography that relives the moments of her life as a farm girl restricted from the outside world and the hardships she and her siblings had to encounter in order to be good.
Since her journey in speaking Andrea has shown several people how to take their vision and build it into a brand. “The goal in life was to become successful, but I’ve come to realize that success is only understanding. My ultimate purpose is to give back the gift that I’ve been blessed with and that is Knowledge, Power and Understanding. With that you can’t set a price.”
Andrea Wilson is currently an Alumni of FCCLA organization, a member of the American Marketing Association and member of the National Association of Professional Women.
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