Rachel Romer Carlson

Rachel Romer is the co-founder and CEO of Guild Education.

Rachel Romer
Born (1988-06-01) June 1, 1988
EducationStanford University
OccupationCEO
Known forCo-founder of Guild Education
SpouseDavid Carlson
Children2
Parent(s)Chris Romer, Laurie Romer
Awards(2021) Forbes list of self-made women

Early life and education

Rachel Romer is the daughter of former Colorado State Senator and charter school investor Chris Romer, and a granddaughter of former Colorado Governor Roy Romer.[1][2] Governor Romer was instrumental in the formation and growth of Western Governors University. As a child, she sometimes attended and participated in her grandfather's campaign, and in 2011 worked as the finance director for her father's unsuccessful mayoral campaign .[1][2]

She completed an undergraduate degree, and also an MBA and an MA in Education at Stanford University.[2][3][4] While at Stanford, she took a break to work for the Obama administration, l.[5] She also worked with her father on issues related to access to higher education.[5]

Career

After graduation, Romer worked for American Honors, an organization co-founded by her father that coaches community college students, and The Parthenon Group, Ernst & Young's global strategy consulting arm, as well as the Obama campaign and the Office of Presidential Personnel in the Obama administration.[3][4] She was the chief executive of Student Blueprint,[6] an app she created while at Stanford during her MBA program to help community college students find jobs.[1]

In 2015, at the age of 27, Romer co-founded Guild Education with her former classmate Brittany Stich,[3] after she conducted research for two years with Stich into low graduation rates,[7][1] In 2019, the organization became valued at over $1 billion.[8] In 2020, it was listed as a CNBC Top 50 disruptor.[9]

In March 2020, Romer co-authored an open letter, signed by more than 450 other CEOs and investors, advocating for business leaders to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic.[10][11][12] She is a co-founder and strategic advisor for the organization Stop The Spread.[13]

In June 2021 Guild Education was valued at $3.7 billion.[14] Carlson's personal wealth was estimated to be $570 million in 2022.[15]

Honors and awards
  • (2017) Romer and co-founder Brittany Stich were listed on the Forbes 30 under 30 list.[1][4]
  • (2020) Entrepreneur of the Year, EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards - Mountain Desert region.[16]
  • (2021) Forbes list of self-made women.[17]

Personal life

In 2014, Rachel Romer married David Carlson.[18] She has 2 daughters.[3]

See also

References
  1. Wilson, Alexandra; Adams, Susan (December 31, 2019). "Class Act: This 31-Year-Old's Company Rocketed To A $1 Billion Valuation Helping Workers Get Degrees". Forbes. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. Blumenstyk, Goldie (August 7, 2016). "When Education Innovation Is the Family Business: a Dinner With the Romers". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. Chuang, Tamara (December 3, 2018). "Guild Education's twist on college is working for cashiers, sales clerks and others who abandoned the idea of a college degree". Colorado Sun. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. "Guild Education". Forbes. 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. "Managing Future Growth at an Innovative Workforce Education Startup". hbswk.hbs.edu. Harvard Business School. March 23, 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  6. Washington Post Staff (March 9, 2020). "The Technology 202Network:/". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 April 2021. The Technology 202 Network is a panel of technology experts from across the government, the private sector and the consumer advocacy community invited by The Washington Post to vote in regular surveys on the most pressing issues in the field.
  7. McPherson, Doug (October 9, 2020). "Growth at EY winner Guild Education leads to new program, acquisition". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  8. Umoh, Ruth. "Guild Education Is Latest Female-Led Company To Hit $1 Billion Valuation". Forbes. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  9. CNBC.com staff. "45. Guild Education". www.cnbc.com. CNBC. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  10. Chenault, Kenneth I.; Romer, Rachel (March 18, 2020). "It's Time for the Business Community to Step Up". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  11. Sapra, Bani (March 16, 2020). "#StoptheSpread: Hundreds of business leaders and investors signed a commitment to help stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic". Business Insider India. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  12. Konrad, Alex (March 15, 2020). "Steph Curry, 400 CEOs And Investors Sign Open Letter Pledging To Take Bold Action In Combatting Coronavirus Spread". Forbes. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  13. "Rachel Romer, MBA". Stop The Spread. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  14. de León, Riley. "CNBC DISRUPTOR 50 Guild Education reaches $3.7 billion valuation amid labor shortage". www.cnbc.com. CNBC. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  15. McGregor, Jena. "Guild Education Reaches $4.4 Billion Valuation As Labor Market Demands Continue—And A Downturn Threat Rises". Forbes. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  16. "Meet the 2020 Mountain Desert winners". EY. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  17. Wilson, Alexandra. "How Rachel Carlson Has Built Guild Education Into A Tool For Employee Retention — And A $500 Million Fortune". Forbes. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  18. "Rachel Romer and David Carlson". The New York Times. July 6, 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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