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Arlene RAHN

Founder & President

Arlene Rahn is founder and president at Redhouse Performance Consulting, LLC. She is a highly sought after keynote speaker, facilitator and consultant with over 20 years of experience in global diversity, inclusive leadership, and cultural competency. Her work has impacted thousands of leaders and professionals in global organizations of all sizes.

Arlene leads the firms efforts in the design, development and execution of diversity and inclusion (D&I) programs and projects in leadership development, culture change, organizational learning, and talent management for global, complex, profit and not-for-profit organizations. Recent clients include Danaher Corporation, Cepheid, Marathon Oil, Philips Healthcare and several large, global non-profit foundations.

Arlene established a national reputation as a thought leader during her tenure as a consultant, strategist, trainer, and researcher for one of the world’s largest global diversity consulting practices, Global Novations, now Korn Ferry. She created and led a major study, “Pathways of the Black CIO” on retention and loss of African American executive talent in IT that was published in CIO Magazine (June 2006). Arlene served as the research team leader on the nationally recognized research project and National Urban League 2004 publication “Diversity Practices That Work: The American Worker Speaks”. Early in her career, she was featured in the nationally acclaimed book “Children of the Dream: The Psychology of Black Success” (Doubleday 1992).

Arlene has an undergraduate degree from MIT and an Executive MBA from the University of Colorado. Prior to starting her consulting practice, Arlene worked in the high-growth segment of the communications industry where she was quickly promoted to mid-level executive roles before age 35.

As an active MIT alumni, she has repeatedly served as the Reunion Gift Chair for her class. She iwas also a member of the organizing committee for the MIT Hack for Inclusion. Arlene is married to Henry, an architect and former award winning industrial designer. Together they have 7 adult children, as well as share an interest in travel, camping, snow shoeing and sailing.