Rachel E. Pate

Rachel E. Pate is the Vice President of Economic Development at the Cen-Tex African American Chamber of Commerce in Waco, Texas. Rachel is a Waco native and graduated from University High School. Since 2016, Rachel has served in various roles at the Chamber and championed the causes of small entrepreneurs, women and minorities. She is also a LeadershipPlenty Institute graduate, Rapoport Academy Public School Board Member, A.J. Moore Advisory Board Member, and StartUp Waco Board Member.

With her mother being a Sunday School teacher and now Evangelist, Rachel began serving the community at a very early age. She was very active on her church’s usher board and youth ministry. Some of her fondest memories of growing up in Waco are being surrounded by her large, extended family for reunions and Juneteenth gatherings; her mother is one of eleven siblings who all hail from Waco.

She’s also a proud mom of one, lifelong member of Toliver Chapel Church, lover of the great outdoors, an avid basketball fan and a dedicated wearer of Converse’s Chuck Taylor shoes. Rachel’s favorite scripture is Romans 8:31- “…If God be for us, then who can stand against us?”