My Story

Rachel Bodkin-Fox has BIG ideas and loves to get things done, which is how she ended up opening with her husband, The Foxes Boxes, a fresh food social enterprise restaurant in 2016 that provided innovative on-the-job training for individuals with employment barriers, while raising 3 teenagers and returning to school! She has a Master’s in Public Administration with a Public Policy concentration from UNCW and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from IUPUI, and is a passionate and experienced advocate for community engagement in all sectors – public, private, nonprofit, and for-benefit. As of 2024 she holds the titles, CEO, Coach, Connector, and Capacity Builder for IRL Communications, where she embraces the vision that “my story + your story = our story”, understanding that human connection is vital to living wholeheartedly. There she leads workshops, provides organizational maintenance, and supports individuals as they navigate systems to pursue personal and professional goals.

While in graduate school, Rachel served as Director of the Building a Better Wilmington Campaign (BBWC), where she developed the infrastructure to hire undergraduate film students to support growing their film reels by creating community spotlight films highlighting the meaningful work of nonprofits across Southeastern North Carolina. She produced 4 short-length documentary films and 12 community spotlight films, along with regional wide screenings to elevate the work. Brushstrokes, filmed by Jillian Carney Howell, was selected for the 2017 Cucalorus Film Festival, and The Foxes Boxes was a 2018 10X10 Challenge Finalist.

Prior to graduate school, Rachel served as the Congressional District Leader for the ONE Campaign, an anti-poverty organization co-founded by Bono from U2, where she led the charge on requesting funding for programs benefiting the world’s poorest across the globe. As a board member emeritus of the ONE Moms Advisory Council, Rachel participated in the 2011 ONE Mom’s trip to Kenya and was showcased on Good Morning America and ABC World News as “Persons of the Week”. Rachel has served on numerous other nonprofit boards focused on local and global causes providing valuable strategic guidance in developing mission-driven content and initiatives to raise the nonprofits to new levels. She has managed local, state, and federal grants, while leading teams, supporting small business owners, community-based organizations, and much more. If anyone comes to Rachel with an idea to lift voices, provide resources to the community, or in any way better the world, she will jump in to share her time and talents! 

Randolph Fox has over 30 years of hands-on experience in restaurant business management, strategic planning, and leadership development. Leveraging his experience as a General Manager working 10 years for an independent restaurant company and 13 years as General Manager with Darden Restaurants, a Fortune 400 company listed as the largest casual dining restaurant in the world, he launched a unique independent restaurant in 2016 with his wife called The Foxes Boxes. The Foxes Boxes became an instant favorite in the historic Northside of Wilmington, NC from the community, as well as the film industry scene with numerous accolades for the food, service, and on-the-job training program developed to provide individuals with employment barriers a strong foundation to succeed in the every growing hospitality industry. In the corporate world Randolph led and developed diverse teams to new levels of success in the highly competitive restaurant industry across multiple markets. By maximizing financial targets, identifying deficiencies, and potential opportunities, he has created strong, positive work environments for increasing competitiveness, revenues, and customer service. Thriving in a fast-paced environment, Randolph empowered teams of 150+ to achieve regional best sales, guest counts and profits, while maintaining 5 million in annual revenues. Randolph has attended the Culinary Institute of Tuscany in Italy, team-building courses at The Disney Institute, completed “Embracing Leadership Excellence” at Rollins College, was a ServSafe certified proctor, and impressively mentored and developed more than 20 hourly employees for management positions, with many advancing to General Manager. Randolph has a reputation for being a respected leader for the many teams he has managed, as seen from the numerous testimonials received by past employees and low turnover rates over the years. Over the last 4 years he has provided craft services to over 18 film productions in the IATSE-491 region, ensuring crew, talent, and production team are provided top notch food, beverages, and service from call to wrap each day.

Jackson graduated from CFCC and landed an opportunity working as a Craft Service Assistant and Video Assist in the film industry. With credits on Black Phone, Florida Man, The Supreme’s All You Can Eat At Earls, and The Waterfront, he knows that working in Video and Sound are his calling! For IRL Communications and The Foxes Boxes, Jackson has built out our YouTube Channel, supported website development, and provided invaluable strategic support in how to reach audiences through our video content. He has experience doing post-sound editing on training videos as well! Through IRL Communications he will be available to support individuals, organizations, and small businesses on a contract basis.

Isabel graduated from CUNY-Hunter College in NYC right in the thick of Covid-19, May 2020 with a double major in English and Theater. With the whole city on lock down, she took a hiatus and spent a month in Wilmington supporting The Foxes Boxes. During that time she enhanced the curriculum for the TFB Externship Academy creating facilitator manuals for both the Starting Point and Career Launch programs. She helped design our online store and marketing brochures to support The Foxes Boxes as we navigated Covid-19. Upon returning to NYC she enrolled in the CUNY Graduate Program, completing her Master’s Degree in Arts, Liberal Studies in February 2025. She is currently supporting the return of The Foxes Boxes by managing the social media pages! Through IRL Communications, she will be available to support individuals, organizations, and small businesses on a contract basis with identifying the storytelling strategy that best aligns with their mission.

Henry graduated from CFCC in 2019 and moved to NYC. Henry is known in Wilmington for the years spent selling vintage at Second Skin Vintage and Second Wonder, with a short stint serving at SeaLevel Diner. Henry now sells shoes to fund his New York City lifestyle–lol! Through IRL Communications, Henry calls his mom and dad on the phone regularly just to say “hi” :)