Rachel Birdie Birrell is a Senior Vice President and Private Client Advisor with Bank of America Private Bank in Bellevue, Washington. Rachel works closely with high-net-worth individuals, multigenerational families, business owners and entrepreneurs to help optimize and manage their wealth. By taking a methodical and thoughtful approach to identifying a client’s primary goals and needs, Rachel and her team coordinate local resources and the national capabilities of Bank of America enterprise to help clients reach their financial objectives. She leads a team of Bank of America Private Bank specialists who work in concert to design and implement comprehensive, tailored financial strategies in fiduciary investment management, trust and estate planning services, business sale/liquidity events, lending, and philanthropy.
Rachel has worked in the financial services industry for 21 years as she started as a part time teller in 2004 with Bank of America. Prior to joining Bank of America Private Bank in August 2023, she was Vice President and Market Leader with Bank of America’s Consumer Preferred Lending division for the Bellevue/Eastside Market. A native of Wisconsin, Rachel was recruited by Northwest University on a women’s basketball scholarship, and its at NU where she obtained a B.A. in intercultural communications, graduating summa cum laude. Today she resides in Monroe with her husband of 15 years and her four sons, one dog, two bunnies and multiple chickens. In her free time, she enjoys long distance running, spending time outdoors with her family, coaching her oldest son in basketball, and volunteering as a coach for her other boys sports which include soccer and football.
For more than 200 years, Bank of America Private Bank has helped clients navigate the complex challenges of managing significant wealth. We draw on the Private Bank's personalized approach, as well as the resources of Bank of America, to help individuals and families, businesses, and institutions achieve their financial objectives. Whether you're looking to preserve and share wealth, build philanthropic legacies or plan future growth, our commitment is to making your goals our priority. At Bank of America Private Bank, we take pride in our history and in serving our clients' best interest. We also value the continual pursuit of innovation in a constantly transforming world. We apply this perspective to help our clients anticipate and respond to evolving markets, changing environments and the growing complexities of the financial landscape. Mindful of the past, our focus in on providing today's clients with disciplined financial strategies and a bridge across generations.