PRESIDENT / CEO Bio

Schenae Rourk is President and CEO of Redwood Resources, a strategic consulting firm providing outreach, marketing, procurement and business equity services. Rourk has more than twenty-five years helping real estate developers,  A/E, other professional services, construction firms, and international firms strategically navigate through the procurement and contracting process with a specialty in the transportation and infrastructure industries. The firm also designs, manages and implements outreach and business equity programs with a community and inclusion lens for corporations pursuing projects using public land or public money. The firm recently launched a supplier diversity risk assessment division to help corporations navigate today’s climate with diverse spend. 

Ms. Rourk is active in the small and diverse business community and community at large. She serves in many advisory and council roles for the advancement of minority and women owned businesses including:   Chair of the Transportation Business Advisory Council at Metro, Co-Chair of the Small Business Committee at BizFed, and Co-Chair of the Small Business Council at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. She also serves as the volunteer President for the National Association of Women Business Owners - California (NAWBO-CA) and is the former President of one of the 11 chapters in the state.

Rourk was recently appointed to the Executive Board of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation representing District 2, Supervisor Holly Mitchell. She was also selected by the state of California to be a member of the Entrepreneurship & Economic Mobility Task Force (EEMTF) under CalOSBA.

She has received numerous awards including the WTS-LA Rosa Parks Diversity Award (2021) and the COMTO-SoCal Diversity Business Champion Award (2022). 

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CEO Message

Hello and thanks for stopping by for the CEO message. Our firm values engagement, community and impact. I recently learned that as an INTJ I am a rarity. As an INTJ, our firm offers highly innovative and out of the box thinking to help clients with business programs with a community and inclusion lens. This can be a strategic advantage to help to win bids. Sometimes referred to as the "Architect," or the "Strategist," people with INTJ personalities are highly analytical, creative and logical.

We are one of the rarest personality types and being among the most capable people, Architects know this all too well. We make up just two percent of the population, and women with this personality type are especially rare, forming only 0.8%.

What this means to our clients is we create innovative out of the box collaborative approaches all with a community and inclusion lens.

Chief Architect / Strategist