Rachel Askew

Rachel Askew combines a deep understanding of strategic visioning with the ability to both design and implement processes and tools to achieve long-term goals. She is intellectually curious and passionate about continuous improvement, gaining the respect and confidence of the teams she is leading through change. Rachel thrives on gathering complex data and crafting narratives that will help align leadership around a common vision that drives change. Embodying servant leadership, Rachel is dedicated to creating sustainable business practices that deliver measurable results. She uses strong interpersonal skills, built around her dedication to cultural and economic growth, to engage teams, drive consensus, and build lasting relationships. She approaches difficult business challenges with a methodical, yet enthusiastic eye towards achieving measurable results. Rachel has spent over 10 years in the healthcare industry, gaining a wide variety of hands-on experience in product management, strategic planning, business development, international business, process improvement, data analytics, and marketing. She has managed complex relationships with joint venture partners, led synergies, and interoperability planning for multiple mergers and acquisitions, and provided insight around contracting, partnership, joint venture, and M&A decisions. In addition to her corporate operations experience, Rachel has also worked closely with entrepreneurial start-ups and non-profit social enterprises.