Rae Ringel is a certified executive coach and founding President of The Ringel Group. She is the founding architect of two nationally recognized certificate programs in facilitation — first at Georgetown University, where she launched and led the Certificate in the Art of Facilitation and Design, and now at the University of Virginia, where she founded and directs the UVA Certificate in Facilitation. She is also adjunct faculty at the UVA Darden School of Business, and a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review.

Rae is in high demand as an innovator in the areas of coaching, facilitation and training across sectors. She enables a growing list of executives in some of the most successful Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits and government agencies to become more effective managers and stronger communicators with a formidable leadership presence.

Rae offers deep experience in the areas of fundraising and board development. Prior to starting The Ringel Group, Rae was the Director of Professional and Volunteer Development at United Jewish Communities, a two-billion dollar annual enterprise that provides global humanitarian and development assistance. In this capacity, Rae devised an award-winning interactive web-based training program and myriad conferences in service of over 20,000 professionals and volunteers.

Rae is a Phi Beta Kappa Graduate of the University of Rochester. She received her Master’s Degree in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University, and earned her Leadership Coaching certification from Georgetown University. She was a Wexner Graduate Fellow and now holds a faculty position with the Wexner Foundation. Rae lives in Washington D.C. with her husband and four children.