LEADERSHIP TEAM

RACHEL WOODS J.D.

Rachel Woods has spent 18 years in the leadership development industry empowering leaders with practical skills aimed at helping people to flourish. She is a leadership author, trainer, consultant, and coach, who is passionate about helping people reach their fullest potential. In 2005, she founded Leadership Trek Corp., otherwise known as “LTrek”, through which she has trained and consulted leaders world-wide.

Rachel enjoys developing custom curriculum for teams, designing leadership retreats and presenting at industry conferences. She has provided leadership training throughout numerous industries, including: farming, health care, law, non-profits, museums, security, city government, insurance, and the arts.

Early in Rachel’s career as an Attorney-Mediator, Rachel served as a Mediator and began to train and consult business leaders in conflict management. This led to an invitation to teach conflict management and negotiation at the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University in 2006, where she has taught both core and upper-level management courses in the Undergraduate and MBA programs.

Today, Rachel is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Hankamer School of Business, where she teaches the capstone management course while maintaining her work in the management development industry. In 2021, Rachel was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Hankamer School of Business. In 2022, Rachel was the recipient of a university-wide Outstanding Faculty Award at Baylor University.

Rachel earned a Juris Doctor from St. Mary’s University School of Law, where she also trained to be a Mediator. She completed training on how to teach negotiation in organizations at the Harvard Law School Project on Negotiation in Cambridge, MA. Rachel earned a Bachelor of Arts from Baylor University. She is a Certified Leadership Facilitator, a coaching certification designation, issued by Better Performance & Results, Inc.

Over the past decade, Rachel has trained women in leadership roles from over 25 countries, in partnership with the Women’s Democracy Network in Washington, D.C., where she is a member of its Advisory Council. In addition to leading numerous international Leadership Treks®, she has also traveled to countries such as Italy, Bhutan, and Kenya train women in politics. She led strategic planning sessions to define priorities and support the formation of WDN Africa, a network of exceptional women political leaders from six countries in Africa covering Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana and Zimbabwe.

Rachel enjoys serving in the community as a member of the Baylor University Academy of Teaching & Learning Advisory Council, the Baylor University Spirit Squads Board of Advocates, Mayborn Museum Complex Board of Advocates, and the Baylor University Student Life & Services Committee.

DR. MITCHELL J. NEUBERT

Mitch Neubert is a servant leader with over 30 years of experience leading and equipping leaders to influence positive change among individuals, teams, and organizations in a virtuous manner.

Mitch is a Professor of Management and the Chavanne Chair of Christian Ethics in Business at the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University, where he currently serves as a Senior Associate Dean and equips leaders at all levels as a teacher, textbook author, administrator, and researcher. His research on faith and work and servant leadership have appeared in the Harvard Business Review and the London School of Economics publications.

Through LTrek, Mitch leverages his expertise to engage leaders through executive coaching, transformational training, and executive leadership consultations and strategic planning.

“LTrek was built on the philosophy that true leadership transformation is a journey, not an event.”

WANDA BRASCOUPE-KENNEDY

Wanda Brascoupe is Bear Clan, Skarù rę’, Kanien’keha, Anishinabe and member of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg.

Wanda has led her life with inclusion and a bridge-builder mindset as a foundational approach. In her early career, she co-founded a consulting firm focused on mutual outcomes that endured for 20 years. During this time, she blended her experience in Western business with her Indigenous philanthropic path. Whether in a business or philanthropic setting, she leads with her innate skills of inclusion combined with lived experience to invite conversations that tangibly untangle the perceived barriers about the Indigenous and non-Indigenous landscape. Stemming from her bridge-builder mindset, Wanda has created space with those she works with to reshape relationships through actionable and achievable pathways.

Understanding the truth of the brilliance and ingenuity of Indigenous people, Wanda co-founded a moonshot idea in late 2019. The pandemic sparked the Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund (IPRF), an all-Indigenous-led foundation solely supporting Indigenous-led organizations. IPRF leads with inclusion and understanding that Indigenous Peoples have answers and approaches that often go unrecognized by traditional granting structures. Wanda recognized over the last three years of working with 1000+ organizations that many giving practices cause unintentional harm or re-harm to those they wish to support. The initial research shows that communities are respected, understood and thrive with this method. IPRF has secured $35 million+ of unencumbered support with over 30 partners in three years.

Wanda’s path to walking in two worlds comes from her parents and grandparents’ distinctive ability to safeguard their worldviews while simultaneously shining a light on humanity. Her traditional education stems from Haudenosaunee law, and her Western education includes Harvard Business School Executive Education. She is currently a master’s candidate in Philanthropy and Non-profit Leadership at Carleton University. Wanda is most proud of her three daughters’ personal and educational accomplishments, staying grounded in their culture and attending Cornell University.

To inspire, challenge, and equip leaders achieve great heights.