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Rachel L. Kjack is the CEO of Learning for Leverage (LfL), which provides state-of-the-art training to professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. Originally started as a partnership with Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski to better train Oregon’s information technology workforce, LfL has evolved into an independent training program for professionals at organizations of all sizes and in many different areas of the tech industry and beyond. |
| Rachel also is a highly sought after facilitator who leads workshops on topics ranging from business strategy to communication skills. And after 17 years of working in the high-tech arena, she is intimately familiar with technology worker needs and nuances. She is also continually seeking out information on the latest high-tech trends and news, to figure out how it all can best enhance worker know-how and organizational performance. |
| Before becoming CEO of LfL, she served as director of training and development for the Software Association of Oregon (SAO), one of the most prolific professional technology associations in the western United States. There she developed high-quality training programs and organizational development initiatives to meet the needs of the Oregon technology industry. Rachel has also served as executive director for the Washington State FFA Association, and as communications training and development specialist for the worldwide, high-tech, public relations firm Waggener Edstrom.
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| Rachel attended the Leadership Institute of Seattle at Bastyr University, where she specialized in organizational training, coaching and consulting. She received her bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Evergreen State College, focusing on public education and sociology.
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| A passionate leader and networker, Rachel thrives on understanding other people and helping them grow. She is also a true believer in lifelong learning who continually brushes up on her own professional development skills. She first developed her love of learning while growing up on a farm near Walla Walla, Wash., where she learned to grow her own food and live sustainably. She currently divides her time between Portland, Oregon and San Francisco with her partner, Angus, and her two dogs, Finnegan and Fiona.
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