Rachel Lyons
CEO and Founder of EarthRise Leadership
Rachel Lyons is a leadership strategist with nearly 10 years of experience bridging the realms of space exploration and personal transformation.
Rachel integrates leadership experience with inner and interpersonal work, somatics, embodiment practice, and coaching to support her clients in their growth in a long-term, sustainable way.
Rachel is the former Executive Director and first full-time employee of Space for Humanity. Under Rachel's leadership, the organization made global headlines by supporting four civilians in traveling to space, captivating audiences in the hundreds of millions.
Rachel has woven strategic partnerships across the commercial space sector with organizations such as Virgin Galactic, Axiom, Blue Origin, and others. Rachel serves on the Board of Advisors of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, the largest student-run space non-profit in the world. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Aerospace Engineering and Economics from the University of Miami.
As a public speaker, Rachel has been featured at more than 100 events worldwide, and has been interviewed, mentioned or quoted in outlets including CNN, VICE, ABC News, PBS, Business Insider, USA Today, NPR, and Cheddar News.
Rachel believes commitment to inner growth is integral to true, healthy success — both for the individual, and the collective.