CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 18, 2025--
Red Arts Capital ("Red Arts"), a leading investment firm specializing in supply chain-related and logistics businesses, today announced the promotion of Kenisha Leak from Senior Executive Assistant to Vice President of Communications.
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This promotion highlights Red Arts' commitment to cultivating talent and ensuring its communications speak to the needs of its investors, portfolio companies, and talent. In her new role, Leak will lead efforts to enhance internal and external communications, fostering transparency, trust, and strategic alignment across all engagements.
"Clear, effective communication is vital to maintaining confidence and driving collaboration with our investors and portfolio partners," said Nick Antoine, Co-Founder, Co-CEO, and Managing Partner of Red Arts. "Kenisha’s deep understanding of our firm's values and goals, coupled with her communications background, will be a winning combination in her new role. We are confident that her leadership will amplify the strength and consistency of our communications as we continue to grow."
Leak has been a key contributor at Red Arts, with a career rooted in supporting senior executives and managing complex organizational priorities. Before joining Red Arts, she worked at SGS & Co., supporting the Chief HR, Chief Technology, and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, she served as Executive Assistant to a C-Suite Executive at the McDonald’s Corporation. Leak holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media Studies and a Master’s Degree in Relational Communication from DePaul University.
"As Red Arts expands its impact, ensuring that our messaging resonates with current and potential stakeholders is more critical than ever," said Leak. "I’m excited to step into this role to strengthen how we communicate our vision, create value for our partners, and build meaningful connections across our ecosystem."
About Red Arts Capital
Based in Chicago, Illinois, Red Arts Capital is a leading investment firm with over $300 million in assets under management, with a focus on supply chain-related and logistics businesses. Red Arts Capital seeks to partner with and invest in proven, successful businesses that are uniquely positioned in their market and led by superior management teams to execute the value creation strategy and generate strong shareholder returns. With sector expertise and a commitment to responsible stewardship and excellence, Red Arts Capital supports its portfolio companies through its operational playbook, world-class network of operating partners, advisory councils and supply chain expertise.
Kenisha Leak, Vice President of Communications
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An international United Nations staffer was killed and five others were wounded in a strike Wednesday on a U.N. guesthouse in the Gaza Strip.
Jorge Moreira da Silva, head of the U.N. Office for Project Services, declined to say who carried out the strike in the central city of Deir al-Balah but said the explosive ordnance was “dropped or fired” and the blast was not accidental or related to demining activity.
He did not provide the nationalities of those killed and wounded. The U.N. body, known as UNOPS, carries our infrastructure and development projects around the world.
The Israeli military, which has carried out a heavy wave of airstrikes since early Tuesday, denied earlier reports that it had targeted the U.N. compound.
But Moreira da Silva said strikes had hit near the compound on Monday and struck it directly on Tuesday and again on Wednesday, when the staffer was killed. He said the agency had contacted the Israeli military after the first strike and confirmed that it was aware of the facility's location.
“Israel knew this was a U.N. premise, that people were living, staying and working there," he said.
There have been no reports of rocket fire or other Palestinian militant attacks since Israel unleashed the airstrikes overnight and into Tuesday, ending a ceasefire that took hold in January. The Israeli bombardment continued into Wednesday, though at a lower intensity.
The Gaza Health Ministry said at least 436 people, including 183 children and 94 women, have been killed since Israel launched the strikes early Tuesday. It said another 678 people have been wounded.
The military says it only strikes militants and blames civilian deaths on Hamas because it operates in densely populated areas. Gaza's Health Ministry records do not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
Frankel reported from Jerusalem and Magdy from Cairo.
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Israelis march on a highway toward Jerusalem to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to dismiss the head of the Shin Bet internal security service, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
An injured United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) worker is taken into the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital after an explosion in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Wednesday March 19, 2025.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
An injured United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) worker is taken into the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital after an explosion in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Wednesday March 19, 2025.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
An injured United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) worker is taken into the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital after an explosion in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Wednesday March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
The body of United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) worker is taken into the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital after an explosion in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Wednesday March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
The body of United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) worker is taken into the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital after an explosion in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Wednesday March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
An injured United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) worker is taken into the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital after an explosion in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Wednesday March 19, 2025.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
An injured United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) worker is treated at the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital after an explosion in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Wednesday March 19, 2025.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
An injured United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) worker is taken into the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital after an explosion in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Wednesday March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
