Outside of Swae, Rebecca is an independent talent and human capital advisor with rich experience working with global institutions in the public and private sector. In her most recent position as Associate Director of People and Talent Management at The Rockefeller Foundation, she led several major strategic initiatives including: designing and embedding a values driven culture, learning and performance, employee engagement and talent search and selection. Prior to her role with The Rockefeller Foundation Rebecca led Human Capital at Living Goods where she supported the organization through a time of rapid growth and scale. She has also led the search team at Engineers Without Borders, contributed as an onboarding facilitator and digital media recruiter at lululemon athletica, and consulted on talent alignment systems and succession planning strategies as an Associate at the Lindmand Group.

Rebecca specializes in designing performance focused human capital strategies and has spoken and facilitated at multiple prestigious events including; The White House, The World Summit Youth Award, Harvard Business School, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and The World Congress on Information Technology. Rebecca is passionate about working with entrepreneurs to unlock the potential of their people and has served as an advisor and mentor to the mFriday Tech Hub, Farmerline Ltd, We Canada, The Unreasonable Institute East Africa, The Cordes Fellowship and The GLG Social Impact Fellowship. Rebecca is certified in The Korn Ferry Leadership Architect and Interview Architect Suites and uses a blended coaching and team- building practice anchored in polarities, MBTI and Gallup Strength Finder. She has a BA in Psychology from the University of Victoria a GDP in Education from the University of Deakin Australia, and Strategy and Innovation certifications from MIT.