Rachel joined West Coast in mid 2011. Her work focuses on environmental assessment law reform, and other law and policy projects related to local government sustainability, natural resources and climate change. Rachel enjoys working with diverse groups to find common ground, and is enthusiastic about developing pro-active and progressive solutions for environmental law and policy challenges.

Rachel has a bachelor of arts in urban geography and communications from Simon Fraser University and a law degree from the University of Victoria that focused on environmental and Aboriginal law. She has worked in sustainable community planning, with other legal NGOs, and completed her articles with the University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre and Ratcliff & Company. Just prior to joining West Coast, Rachel spent two years working primarily for local governments doing environmental, land use, and First Nations relations work.

Rachel has previously been a volunteer director of non-profit and for-profit organizations and her community service has been recognized with several awards. Currently she is a director at large of the BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and a director of the Whistler Centre for Sustainability.