Raquell Holmes Ph.D.

Raquell Holmes is an educator, author and activist, the founder and director of improvscience, a consulting firm that works with scientists, engineers and artists to build brave and bold environments for diversity and leadership development.

Improvscience offerings integrate improvisational performance and emotional intelligence to support scientists’ personal and professional growth as they advance collaboration, inclusion and discovery in their work.

Trained as a scientist, Dr. Holmes has brought her expertise and commitment to developing leaders and teams in science, engineering and technology to renowned institutions from Harvard to National Institutes of Health, major corporations and professional societies.

She also founded Cultivating Ensembles, the biannual arts, humanities and STEM conference as well as the improvscience Freedom Festival. This annual festival is a grassroots invitation for attendees to celebrate and explore freedom and independence together from Juneteenth through Independence Day