Aiko is an innovative leader who has successfully navigated leadership roles in government, philanthropic, nonprofit, and private sectors. She served in executive roles for the City of Atlanta, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center.
The founder of RARE Coaching & Consulting, Aiko serves as an executive coach to leaders and teams of Fortune 100 companies and global nonprofit organizations. She has been recognized by Forbes as one of the top seven anti-racism educators for companies and by CultureAmp as a DEI influencer to follow.
Aiko oversaw development of the Daring Way and Dare to Lead facilitator communities at the Brene Brown Education and Research Group belonging strategy for the global 1500+ member facilitator community.
Aiko’s writing has been published in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and the New York Times Best Selling anthology, You Are Your Best Thing. She holds a law degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and a bachelor’s from Smith College.
Penguin Random House is publishing Aiko’s upcoming leadership book, Anchored, Aligned, Accountable: How to transcend the Bullsh*t to live a transformational life at home and at work, which will be released January 2026.