Rachel Nelms is an executive coach, people and culture consultant, and leadership development strategist with over 15 years of experience transforming how organizations build durable leadership at scale. As Principal & CEO of formations consulting, she partners with small to enterprise tech companies, design firms, and mission-driven organizations to create systemic solutions for leadership challenges, moving beyond individual resilience to organizational transformation. As Head of Talent Development at Mailchimp and Sr. Director of Talent Development at Intuit, she developed leadership frameworks that equipped executives to navigate constant disruption while building high-impact teams.

Driven to build durable leaders and generative organizations, Rachel specializes in executive and team development, organizational design, and transformative leadership. She empowers leaders to stay grounded internally while driving bold external impact. Her work draws from diverse disciplines including philosophy, psychology, and systems thinking to address the complex realities facing today's leaders. Rachel holds an MA in English from Northwestern University, executive certificates from MIT and Emory, and is certified in advanced psychometric tools including the Birkman Method and organizational development frameworks including Korn Ferry Leadership Architect and IBM Enterprise Design Thinking.

Her thought leadership on change leadership and team development has been featured at conferences including the Birkman Conference and Chief Learning Officer Inspired Conference, helping executives across industries build organizations that expand possibilities for their teams and customers.