Rachel Botsman

Rachel is the co-author of the upcoming book What’s Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption (Harper Business, October 2010). She consults, writes, and speaks on the power of collaboration and sharing through current and emerging technologies, and on how it will transform business, consumerism, and the way we live. Rachel has lived and worked in the United Kingdom, United States, and Australia. She graduated with a BFA (Honors) from the University of Oxford and undertook her postgraduate studies at Harvard University. She has consulted with leaders at the highest levels on the intersection between brand, innovation, and sustainability, both as an independent adviser and with top-tier agencies including Prophet Brand Strategy and What If Innovation. Rachel has also worked as a teaching assistant at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and acted as an editorial advisor on the book Creativity Inc.: Building an Inventive Organization, (Harvard Business School Press, 2003.) Her articles have appeared in a range of publications including Business Week, Brandchannel, Business21, and Worldchanging.To build her experience in the public and political sectors, Rachel joined The William J. Clinton Foundation as a director. During her time at the Foundation she worked with celebrities, CEOs, government, media figures, and NGO leaders spearheading high-profile public-private partnerships including The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Nickelodeon, Rachael Ray, and the National Basketball Association. She was instrumental in building The Alliance for a Healthier Generation — a joint venture with the American Heart Association — into a multi-million dollar national program that mobilized broad-based support efforts to help combat childhood obesity.