Rachel Williams

**Corporate Culture Navigator** *Silicon Valley Vet* **Executive Translator**

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Rachel Ann Williams is an executive, educator, and builder of future-ready talent systems. As an academic lecturer at UC Berkeley, she developed and taught two graduate-level courses: Meaningful Careers and Mastering the Corporate Arena. These courses equip students with the tools to design purposeful, values-driven professional lives.

As a former Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Rachel has led national strategy and culture transformation efforts that positioned equity as a business performance and belonging driver. Her work bridges leadership, learning, and impact, empowering future leaders to connect who they are with how they lead.

Today, Rachel is expanding her impact beyond university walls by building a scalable learning platform rooted in her NAVIGATE™ framework, designed to help early-career professionals and organizations cultivate meaningful careers, inclusive cultures, and lasting success.

Coaching

Williams is a certified coach, and supports leadership teams, individual executives, and committee leadership (ERG), to clarify their intentions, set goals and see them to success.
Speaking & Workshops

Williams has provided her wisdom, storied experience and humorous flair to numerous professional and academic institutions. She expertly facilitates and delivers pre-designed and custom workshops, as well as keynotes and panels.
Consulting & Advising

Through decades in the game, Williams can provide unparalleled insight and capacity to execute on the challenges facing your organization. From DEI strategy, to Crisis Communications and Strategic Planning, to HR Process + Policy Audits and Diversity Recruiting Strategy, Williams can support at multiple levels of depth.