Transforming Culture into Strategy & Strategy into Impact

Strategist | Executive Leader | Entrepreneur | Speaker | Cultural Catalyst

Nikoa Evans is an award-winning strategist, TEDx speaker, and mission-driven executive leader & entrepreneur whose 30-year career sits at the intersection of business strategy, community development, and intentional impact. As Founder of BNP Advisory Group (Business • Networks • Purpose) and Managing Partner & Foundation President of Walker Entertainment Group, she helps visionary founders and mission-driven organizations transform their vision into scalable models that generate both profit and purpose.

What distinguishes Evans-Hendricks is a rare 360-degree perspective earned at every level of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, not as an observer, but as a practitioner. She has been the retail developer sourcing and negotiating national brand expansions (Nicole Miller, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Steve Madden); the investment director funding retail & restaurant ventures during Harlem's early commercial revitalization; 6x founder behind a flagship NYC specialty retail store and multiple restaurants whose activations attracted media influencers including Darryl McDaniels/Run DMC, Cicely Tyson, Kevin Hart, and Tamron Hall; and 16+ year founder and nonprofit director producing business development & marketing platforms for 300+ entrepreneurs.

As the Founder, Financier, Landlord, Community Advocate, and Ecosystem Builder, Nikoa's full-spectrum experience is what sets her apart. Recognized at the NYC & NY State level as one of the architects of Harlem's commercial renaissance, Nikoa has advised national developers, city leaders, and corporate brands while executive producing landmark initiatives, including the BLM Harlem Street Mural (featured in the NY Times, Architectural Digest, and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian); The Renaissance Pavilion at Strivers Row, an award-winning outdoor dining program in partnership with Uber Eats; and the Harlem Local Vendor Program, a supplier accelerator serving 250+ CPG founders in collaboration with Columbia Business School and Whole Foods Market, transforming emerging brands from local shelf space at Whole Foods Harlem into national distribution across WFM stores and retailers throughout the U.S.

As Managing Partner & Foundation President of Walker Entertainment Group, she leads business strategy, partnerships, and impact across a global entertainment platform, from music collective The Rakiem Walker Project to WEG Foundation's educational, business development, and cultural exchange initiatives.

Nikoa now brings this integrated expertise to music & entertainment founders building legacies beyond the stage; retail, hospitality, and CPG founders creating pathways where craftsmanship meets impact; and community-based organizations empowering entrepreneurial communities at scale.

Nikoa also serves on the Board of Directors for Maison 276, a leading beauty and skincare brand for mature women; and is a Charter Member of the Empire Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc., where she serves on the Executive Committee as Foundation Chair. A member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. since 1990, she holds a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA from the Northwestern J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

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