Rachel has 20+ years of experience driving social impact and best-practice Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) in global supply chains. She has deep knowledge of international labor and human rights standards, guidance, and metrics in agriculture, and a strong track record of collaborating across cultures and building international and multi-stakeholder partnerships.
As a Senior Director, Rachel leads Verité’s Extended Supply Chain practice group, where she engages with brands to develop robust HRDD systems throughout their supply chains. Rachel also manages the Verité Farm Labor Due Diligence Initiative, a multistakeholder collaboration that defines best practices for eliminating labor abuses through comprehensive due diligence.
Before joining Verité in 2023, Rachel was Global Lead of Human Rights at Rainforest Alliance, where she promoted meaningful and sustained benefits for workers in global coffee, tea, cocoa, and fruit supply chains through the Rainforest Alliance certification program. Prior to that role, Rachel served for 15 years in the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs, where she managed a multi-million-dollar grant portfolio and 20-person team, and was the lead author of several reports that are key touchstones for Verité and our stakeholders, including the annual List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor and the Comply Chain human rights due diligence toolkit.