Rachel Nooney is a Partner and Executive Vice President of SH Worldwide. In 2001, before joining SH Worldwide, Rachel founded Wellstream Events, Inc., a high-touch, full-service event management firm, which focused on the hi-tech industry. Throughout the nine years that Wellstream serviced its clients, Rachel built a strong reputation for excellence in event and program management and forged a company known for its team of seasoned event professionals.

In 2010, Wellstream Events merged with SH Worldwide (SHW) to strengthen the event services and conference management division, as well as grow SHW’s existing reach within Microsoft. In her current position, Rachel manages the Microsoft Events Team at SH Worldwide and is the Event Lead for Microsoft’s CEO Summit and Global CIO Summit programs.

Before founding Wellstream, Rachel directed and managed program logistics at Janet Church & Associates, Inc. (JCA) as a senior project manager where she developed and maintained JCA’s relationship with the Microsoft Executive Relations (Executive Engagement) group. Rachel and her team managed logistics for several annual programs, including the Global Executive Roundtables, CIO Summits, Product Strategy Workshops, and the inaugural CFO Summit.

Rachel is a graduate of the University of Washington with a degree in English.