

She is a certified practitioner for the Passive House Institute US and the International Well Building Institute. Rachelle holds an M.Arch from Harvard GSD and Bachelor of Arts from Williams College. She was also the project architect for the Yale Divinity Regenerative Village, a multi-use graduate living development with 155 units on a 19-acre site targeting Living Building Certification.

At Bruner/Cott, she was the project architect for the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, a major community and cultural anchor for the redevelopment of Thompson’s Point in Portland, Maine. Prior to Utile, Rachelle worked at several Boston-based architecture firms including Safdie Architects and Bruner/Cott where she worked on civic and institutional projects. She currently is managing a range of affordable, highly sustainable, multifamily housing projects, as well as the repositioning of a Boston-area strip mall to a mixed-use urban neighborhood. Her experience includes new construction, adaptive reuse, planning, programming, and feasibility studies. Rachelle thrives on complex projects that navigate regulatory processes, client needs, and budget while upholding design excellence. Rachelle joined Utile in 2021 as an Architect & Project Manager, bringing with her a decade of experience in a variety of project types and scales.
