Keep a Child Alive

Welcome Nichole Rhodes to our Board of Directors.

As Founder and Manager of The Rhodes Global Group, Nichole has created a dynamic international consultancy focused on understanding, building and promoting competitive identities for nations, multinational companies and NGO’s. Her consulting firm works closely with its clientele to develop strategic business alliances and partnerships, develop and implement strategies for revenue growth and create new business opportunities and competitive identities.

In February 2011, the Rhodes Group was retained by BYD Co. Ltd, in Shenzhen China to lead global business development initiatives in the United States and India.

In December of 2010, Nichole was named the International Spokesperson for Bali Green.  Leading the Indonesian Government’s initiative at the UNEP in Bangkok, Thailand, she successfully unified and initiated efforts to make Bali the first green province in Indonesia.  Subsequently, her efforts for Bali Green have included leading strategy for the Norway-Indonesia REDD partnership and facilitating a public private partnership agreement with multinational BYD Co. Ltd., Shenzhen, China.

In early 2010, Nichole was contacted by President Shimon Peres to serve as advisory on the Israel - South Korea science and technology driven futures for meetings with President Lee in Seoul, June 2010. 

Nichole was recognized at the World Economic Forum as a supporter and ambassador of South African Spirit and Investment by the International Marketing Council of South Africa.

Prior to forming Rhodes Global Group, Nichole was recruited to the position of Vice President of International Marketing & New Business Development for Global Leadership Team. There, she was charged with managing international marketing, strategic communications and business development—as well as key engagements—and generated more than $4 million in new revenue in less than 2 years.

In 2006, Nichole was retained by General Motors as a Consultant specializing in International Marketing. In that role, she developed marketing and communications strategies globally for GM Advanced/Green Technologies partnerships with the Pentagon, the Army, the Marines, the EPA, the Department of Agriculture and the US Senate. Another of her roles was to create and brand broadcast marketing for Tiger Woods and Buick, including scripts and productions for broadcast in the United States and internationally.

Early in her career, Nichole was a Television News Producer and Journalist with the NBC affiliate in Detroit, where she worked as the Senior Political Producer to former White House Correspondent Emery King.  She also oversaw market promotions of shows including “The Apprentice” and “Friends.”

In 2012, Nichole will graduate from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts with a Global Master of Arts degree, International Law & Diplomacy.