As Senior Vice President of Government for Boom Supersonic, Rachel leads all aspects of public policy and regulatory issues across the organization. She is a respected leader with over 25 years of experience in the public and private sectors, with a focus in aviation public policy, safety, and regulatory issues.

Rachel had a distinguished career working for Congress in various senior positions in the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Most recently, she served as Senior Counsel, for the Senate Subcommittee on Aviation, where she was a lead negotiator for the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024. Prior to this, Rachel served as Senior Counsel for the House Subcommittee on Aviation where she drafted and negotiated critical portions of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 and the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016. 

Rachel has a breadth of experience across the aviation enterprise; she previously worked for the Denver International Airport and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. She holds a B.A. in Engineering and Government & Law from Lafayette College and a J.D. from the American University Washington College of Law.