Trainer Biography

LueRACHELLE BRIM-ATKINS

LueRachelle Brim-Atkins is an innovative, dynamic and inspirational keynote speaker, consultant, communications and performance coach, trainer, educator, and published author. Her lively style, wealth of experience and deep personal commitment to living and working from the heart help people achieve clarity, a sense of purpose, and motivation to bring all of who they are to everything they do. LueRachelle speaks widely on social change, leadership, and change. She is masterful in presenting interactive, inspirational keynotes and workshops for adult as well as younger audiences.

Founder and Principal Consultant of Brim-Donahoe & Associates, she has more than 30 years experience working in organization development and training in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Since 1988, she has designed customized, comprehensive training and education programs that focus on leadership, management, cultural competence, diversity, and social change. She is particularly effective in creating safe spaces to work one-on-one with executives, leaders, and staff to resolve interpersonal issues and enhance personal work performance. She helps organizations improve their culture, actively reflect their stated values and achieve their desired vision. As a result of her work, clients increase their trust and confidence.

Prior to establishing Brim-Donahoe & Associates, LueRachelle was Director of Staff Training and Development at the University of Washington for 15 years, where she was responsible for Organization Development and other interventions for the 10,000 University of Washington staff.

LueRachelle is a graduate of Leadership Tomorrow and received its Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2004. She travels to Kenya 1-2 times per year as a member of the Vision & Planning Team of the Cultural Reconnection Mission, which has several joint venture service projects in Kenya, East Africa, including an orphanage which was renamed for her mother because of LueRachelle’s work there.

Brim-Donahoe & Associates was selected as the Outstanding Female-Owned Consulting Firm by King County in 1990. Their virtual team includes many other consultants who have partnered for many years on large projects. For three years, their firm was the primary diversity consultant to The Boeing Company in designing and implementing its diversity process and providing diversity consulting, coaching and training to the Boeing leadership team, executives and 18,000 managers, supervisors, leads and union representatives. Some of their other multi-year work with executives and managers include Deloitte & Touche, AirTouch/Verizon, Simpson Paper & Timber, Microsoft, Washington Mutual Bank, IBM, Paccar, Guaranty Financial Services, the Space Needle, King County Housing Authority, the Cities of Seattle, Redmond, Bellevue and other municipalities, colleges and universities, school systems and education service districts.

LueRachelle’s academic and professional qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in English from The University of Texas, a Master’s Degree in Urban Education from the State University of New York, and a Master’s in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica. She holds certificates of completion from the Dispute Resolution Center of Snohomish County and the Center for Work and the Human Spirit—Leadership Development Intensive.