Rachel is Lotus’ public sector GHG accounting expert and supports and leads tasks related to all of Lotus’ public sector GHG inventories, GIS, and data visualization services. She also manages public sector climate action planning projects, such as the Denver Regional Council of Governments’ (DRCOG) Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG)-funded Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) project. During her time with Lotus, Rachel has managed dozens of greenhouse gas emissions inventories, including inventories for the City and County of Denver, the City of Boulder, the City of Commerce City, and the twelve-county DRCOG PCAP planning area. She has supported the completion of many GHG emissions inventories and forecasts and led the first-ever embodied carbon inventory for trailhead materials with the City of Boulder's Open Space and Mountain Parks Department. Before joining Lotus, Rachel supported sustainability and conservation efforts in the non-profit sector. Rachel earned a Masters of the Environment (MENV) in Sustainability Planning & Management from the University of Colorado-Boulder and a B.A. in Environmental Studies and Geography from Gustavus Adolphus College (MN).