About Rachel

Rachel has been a Beaverton resident since 2018, and has found new ways each year how to make it home.

Rachel grew up in southern Oregon, and came to Portland in 2007 for college. She moved west to Beaverton in 2018. After the birth of her first child, she felt that she had to do more to be part of the positive change she wanted to see in the world and began attending Central Beaverton Neighborhood Association meetings in 2020 over Zoom. Since then, she has been involved with multiple boards and volunteer opportunities with the City of Beaverton, several of which was during her pregnancy and the infancy of her second child. Rachel’s kids are now used to their mom going to meetings to “make the city better,” and she hopes one day it will inspire their own civic engagement.

Beaverton Civic & Community Engagement

2021 - Current: Board member of the Central Beaverton Neighborhood Advisory Committee

  • Chair in 2023, 2024, Vice Chair in 2022, 2025

  • Organized four tree plantings in Evelyn Schiffler Park with Highland NAC

  • Planned and led group bike rides

  • Participated in community development review sessions for Central Beaverton developments

2021 - 2022: Member of the Visioning Advisory Committee

  • Guided community outreach (during COVID!), reviewing the update of the Community Visioning Report for City Council, and presented the plan for approval to City Council

2021 - 2023: The Downtown Loop Community Advisory Committee Member

  • Gave feedback to City of Beaverton staff on priorities for improving the experience of getting around in downtown Beaverton on SW Hall and SW Watson.

  • Advocated for improving the walking experience downtown, emphasizing the difficulty of crossing SW Farmington and SW Canyon with children

2023: Budget Committee Member - Alternate

  • Responsible for reviewing the 2023 budget, asking questions, and being prepared to vote on the approval of the budget before submission to City Council

2024: Successfully petitioned for traffic calming on her street with the support of neighbors

2024 - 2025: Transportation Ambassador for the Go Beaverton project

  • Transportation Ambassadors are a team of volunteers that help City of Beaverton connect with residents to inform the creation of the next Transportation System Plan. The Transportation System Plan will guide all transportation infrastructure investments that the city makes for the next 15-20 years, once adopted.

  • Received training on performing community outreach and traffic safety principles in order to get feedback on the transportation system Beaverton residents want and what currently exists.

  • Completed outreach in 2024 to get community feedback to create the vision for the new Transportation System Plan

  • Facilitated multiple in-person workshops during 2025 to learn more about where Beaverton residents want to go, and where feels unsafe to travel. This feedback was used by city staff to write the Community Engagement Report, outlining how people travel and where they want safer streets.

Professional Experience

Rachel started her career as an auditor at a public accounting firm in 2011. In 2015, she pivoted to computer science, earning a Masters of Science in computer science in 2017. She has worked as a software developer from 2018 to 2025. At the end of 2025, she made the decision to step away from software to focus on family and making Beaverton the best possible city it can be.