About Us

Create Impact™ was founded by Rachel Carlsen, a certified public accountant with more than 30 years of experience in both nonprofit and for-profit business. Our mission is to empower a global community of Changemakers through its socially conscious entrepreneurism and philanthropic campaigns. Prior to Create Impact, Ms. Carlsen co-managed the fiscal sponsorship and administration of more than 250 galas and business acceleration experiences designed for networking, education, and supporting startup nonprofits. In these efforts, a community of like-minded Changemakers emerged through activations featuring insights from business experts, celebrities and global leaders such as Jeff Hoffman (Co-founder, Priceline), Matthew McConaughey, Ashton Kutcher (Co-founder, THORN), Euphoria’s Nika King, Quincy Jones, Alec Stern (Founder, Constant Contact), John Travolta, Halle Berry, En Vogue’s Rhona Bennett (Board Member, Create Impact), Sir Richard Branson, Frank Shankwitz (Co-Founder, Make a Wish), Brian Smith Founder (Founder, UGG Boots), Sean “Diddy” Combs, John Paul DeJoria (Founder, Paul Mitchell & Patron), Mario Lopez Extra TV, Jack Canfield (Author, Chicken Soup for the Soul and Success Principles), Tai Lopez, Tom Bilyeu, and Anthony Mackie, among many others.