Rachel was born in the UK to a mum (sorry, I still can’t write ‘mom’!) who worked as a children’s nurse for over 40 years and a father who served in the army and then the police force, the values of hard work, empathy and fairness were instilled in me from an early age.

 

As a lawyer, Rachel has worked for three of the UK’s top ten law firms between 2001 and 2013, practicing labor law and advising predominately large national and international employers on their HR practices and policies.  In addition to the day job, she was a member of charitable committees of each of the law firms of which she worked.  She has enjoyed driving their charitable missions and fundraising efforts.  Her particular charitable interests lay with children’s charities, specifically those who focused on improving the education and health/well being of children whose personal or family circumstances were challenging.

 

Among her abilities to lead and deliver fair and equitable work she has experience creating and implementing a wellness program which focused not only on the physical and mental wellbeing of employees but also their families.  Doing such work revealed how devastating of an impact a sudden or prolonged illness of a person or one of their family members, particularly a child, can have on their ability to work and support themselves and their family, and also on their mental wellbeing.   

 

In 2017 Rachel moved to US from the UK with her husband (a cardiologist) and daughter Matilda.  She A lovely Mollie has since arrived to complete their family.  Residing in Charlottesville, Virginia she has proudly defined the greatest joy as being a mother and simultaneously the toughest job she has ever had!