Tanya Rahall is Managing Director of RTK Consulting Group LLC. She specializes in public and government relations primarily for domestic organizations and foreign government and business interests. She serves a managing director for the Stream of Hope Mission, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs of the Syrian refugees and affected Lebanese. She also directs external relations for Layalina Productions, founded by Hon. Richard Fairbanks, which produces award-winning films and television series that bridge the divide between the Arab World and the United States.
Ms. Rahall’s career began with federal election campaign work, which subsequently shaped her career in government work and consultancy. While serving as a Staff Member for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, she was recruited to the position of Director of Grassroots and Government Relations for then a 50,000 + member trade association focused on U.S. – Middle East relations. Subsequently, Ms. Rahall co-founded and directed the American Task Force for Lebanon (ATFL) and currently serves on its Executive Committee Board of Directors.
These experiences led her to private practice representing a diverse clientele, both domestically and internationally based. In addition to serving a number of energy related clients in recent years, Ms. Rahall served as the public and government relations consultant for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Embassy of the State of Qatar. During this time, she established the 50-member Congressional Caucus for Qatar and managed Congressional delegations to the Middle East region. She has been engaged, as well, in human rights work throughout the Middle East and Central Asia.
In addition, Ms. Rahall has served as the consulting Public Relations Director for the Ministry of Information for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an advisor to the Saudi Arabia Committee on International Trade, and as a Consultant to the “Friends of Saudi Arabia”. Capital Management and Development / Restaurant Holdings, one of the most successful international real estate development operations in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East has also retained the services of Ms. Rahall for communications work. She is currently a founding member and officer on the Board of Directors for Middle East & North Africa Consultants Association (MENACA) and the co-founder and Executive Committee Member of the American Task Force for Lebanon (ATFL), Board Member of the ATFL Legislative Council, and Secretary of the ATFL Legislative Council PAC. As well, she incorporated in 1999 the American Foundation for St. George Hospital and directed its operations for a number of years.
Ms. Rahall has been an occasional guest of the White House, most significantly for meetings in the Oval Office with Arab-American leaders, a State Dinner for His Excellency then Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak, a State Dinner honoring His Majesty the former King Hussein of Jordan and two historic occasions for the signing of the Israeli-Arab Peace Accords.