corporate Speaker

With 10 years in Corporate America and over 14 years of performing stand up comedy, Rachel McDowell is uniquely positioned to take your employees on a journey that will inspire, amuse, and remind them of their own value as well as of the richness they can offer to each other. Rachel uses her positive outlook and the countless lessons she learned from a group of colleagues that she calls ‘accidental mentors’ to illustrate how showing up each day and simply paying attention can pave a path you never expected!

Thoroughly enjoyed moments of clarity as shared by Rachel McDowell, which emphasized that PASSION prevails, whether jumping on or off the corporate ladder!

The magic of a great leader is rooted with selfless passion, no matter your career path. Our CASBO leadership teams were excited to have Rachel McDowell perform at two of our annual state conferences. Her humor is refreshing, relatable and real!

Barbra Newlin
Retired President, California Association of School Business Officials

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You are my new Mentor! You are hilarious & you make ‘fake it til’ you make it seem attainable! Thank you so much for sharing your journey.

Attendee at Women of Wabtec – Technology Leadership Series 2021

Working with Rachel is an absolute joy! Rachel’s content is relatable to both C-suite executives and first time hires. Her cheery disposition and unique perspective reframe the sad-but-true moments into funny survival tips for corporate life. In 2021, Rachel was our highest attended talk which covered the topics of inclusion, gender diversity, mentors and leadership tactics. I highly recommend her as a much desired break from the mundane for your next corporate talk.

NICOLE SKIAS
Professional Committee Co-Chair
EnGineering project manager, wabtec Corporation