Katina Rankin is the President and CEO of Katina Rankin Enterprises (KRE) www.katinarankinenterprises.com. She is also a managing partner with Burns Brown Pressley & Rankin (BBPR) www.burnsbrownpressleyrankin.com. KRE & BBPR are public relations/consulting firms.
Katina's public relations work has taken her to three (3) countries: Israel, Egypt, and Palestine. She has interviewed former NAACP President Myrlie Evers, Presidential Candidate John Edwards, the late Rosa Parks, Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, Basketball Greats Magic Johnson and Charles Barkley, Blues Legend B.B. King, and World Peace Advocate and Recording Artist Fred Nassiri -- just to name a few. Katina has also been a featured guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Katina is a journalist with more than sixteen (16) years of experience in broadcast and print media. Katina began her journalism career in Jackson, Mississippi. After six years on-the-air in Mississippi, Katina's career led her to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina where co-anchored the main newscasts at Eyewitness News at 11.
During her career, Katina distinguished herself as a journalist by earning several awards. Katina has covered everything from the Mississippi murder trials of Byron De La Beckwith and Sam Bowers to the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in Texas. She has featured local Miss America Pageant contestants by following them to Atlantic City and she has traveled to San Antonio for the Final Four tournaments. Katina's daily reports about the impact of Hurricane Katrina included an in-depth interview with Mississippi's Governor Haley Barbour. She also interviewed notable figures and broke many stories in the Duke Lacrosse Rape Investigation in North Carolina.
Katina's passion is helping people. She has given back to the community by speaking to hundreds of church groups, schools, and universities throughout the years. Katina believes proper training can help individuals realize their potential and help individuals get to the next level. Katina has also taught Writing Classes at Jackson State University. Katina is author of the book, "The Courage to Walk Away" to be published in 2008.
Katina is also the Founder of the "KRE'S CHILDREN SCHOLARSHIP FUND". "The KRE’s Children Scholarship Fund is organized for charitable and educational purposes; more specifically the fund is a progressive not-for-profit organization which offers quality education to low-to-moderate income communities through educational assistance. The goal of the scholarship fund is to enable underprivileged infants, toddlers and preschoolers the opportunity to receive the best education available in their communities. KRE’S Children Scholarship Fund’s philosophy is to ensure that all of our communities have access to learning and informative environments filled with knowledge, resources and education. (Knowledge, Resources, and Education equal KRE’S Children Scholarship Fund.)" Donations can be made at any Wachovia Bank Branch or you may send them to: KRE'S Children Scholarship Fund "Putting Children in a Rankin' of their Own!" PO Box 15446 Durham, NC 27704. God bless you!