Meet the Team Behind Rapp Wine
Kevin Rapp, Co-Founder and President
Kevin brings two decades of hands-on experience in every facet of wine importing, distribution, and restaurant and retail service. He is well-versed in the entire process from licensing to logistics, sales, pricing, delivery, and marketing.
Kevin draws on a lifetime of U.S. connections and a far-reaching international network encompassing all levels of wine import and distribution, represented in-part by his maximum 30,000 connections on LinkedIn..
As Co-Founder and Board Member of Bike to the Beach, he helped build a nonprofit that has raised over $15 million in support of children and providers in the autism and disabilities community.
Kevin is deeply focused on health and fitness. An avid runner, he has maintained a daily running streak—logging at least 1.5 miles every day—since September 6, 2008. He is also a licensed real estate agent in Washington, D.C.
Nicole Rapp, Co-Founder and CEO
Nicole has spent the past 20 years as a strategy and business management consultant. Outside of wine, she works for Bank of New York as a Senior Risk Officer and Director, managing a $250M+ program with $1.7T in assets. In addition, she was a branded business management consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton for over 7 years, providing program solutions for top U.S. financial institutions on business solutions. Nicole has worked in international relations and has led several international cooperative development programs on behalf of the U.S. government, working with EU and NATO, specifically with France and Italy, under joint development agreements.
Kylie Marinzel, marketing director
Kylie began her marketing career working in financial services at BNY Mellon where she led marketing strategy and budgeting for the DC and Virginia markets. She also led event strategy and execution. Kylie then moved to an education technology firm to work with their brand team. She now helps Rapp Wine share their story. Kylie is in charge of all things marketing: brand management, digital, social, web and content creation.