From Waiting Tables to Influencing International Politics | Business Decoded Podcast

DALLAS, TX — December 26, 2024 — In a captivating interview, Riva Levinson, President and CEO of KRL International, shares her remarkable journey from a young intern with no political connections to a major international power broker. She recounts her early experiences working for the controversial firm, Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly, and her transition into international advocacy. She details her work across Africa, especially her pivotal role in supporting Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s rise to the presidency of Liberia and her own journey of building her own successful consulting firm with purpose and passion, not based on political power, but on delivering real results. Levinson stresses the importance of ground-level experience, the power of storytelling, and staying true to one's values amidst complicated situations, drawing inspiration from her family’s Holocaust survival and her commitment to making a difference in the world.

In a recent Article K. Riva Levinson talks about a new meaning for courage.

In a World Turned Upside Down, Courage Has New Meaning for Me

Recent USA Today Article about K. Riva Levinson

Her ancestors left in chains. She came back as a guest of the president