Strategic Advisor

Bold Guidance for Leaders Driving Change

Valerie Rainford is a trusted advisor to senior executives, boards, and institutions seeking to lead with clarity, equity, and cultural competence. With deep experience guiding organizations through transformation, Valerie brings a rare blend of business acumen, lived expertise, and strategic foresight.

Whether your organization is confronting legacy challenges or designing the future of leadership, Valerie helps you move from intention to impact.

Expertise

Who Valerie Advises

Signature Engagements

Who Valerie Advises

CEOs and Executive Teams
Boards and Governance Committees
CHROs, Talent & Diversity Leaders
Museums, Foundations, Family Offices and Mission-Driven Organizations

Core Advisory Areas

Signature Engagements

Who Valerie Advises

Equity-Centered Talent Practices
Culturally Competent Leadership Strategy
Executive Alignment & Board Engagement
Governance, Leadership, Talent and Equity

Signature Engagements

Enterprise-wide talent and culture diagnostics
Designing inclusive leadership strategies for national institutions
Advising family offices on governance and equitable talent strategies
Executive coaching and offsite facilitation for senior teams

Feature Program

C-Suite Initiative

Valerie Rainford co-created and co-facilitates the C-Suite Initiative at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, at the Lorraine Motel the location of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's assassination.

Designed as a 2-Day immersive offsite experience for CEOs and their leadership teams, Valerie lends her expertise with data and case studies to help corporate leaders identify inequities that exist in the structures, policies, procedures, and processes of the organizations they lead.

Learn More about NCRM's C-Suite Initiative

Strategic Advisor

Bold Guidance for Leaders Driving Change

Expertise

Who Valerie Advises

Signature Engagements

Who Valerie Advises

Core Advisory Areas

Signature Engagements

Who Valerie Advises

Signature Engagements

Signature Engagements

Signature Engagements

Feature Program

C-Suite Initiative

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