Managing Director
PNEUMA
Rachel Milford is a 2026 Smart Women in Meetings Entrepreneur Award recipient and Co-Founder and Managing Director of Pneuma Lab in Las Vegas. She spent 25 years designing incentive programs and corporate events around the world before founding Pneuma in 2023. The experience design company combines sensory design, hospitality and evidence-informed wellness to create immersive activations for meetings and events.
Pneuma partners with conference producers, hotels and event planners to design guided, multisensory experiences, including its signature Apothecary Bar. These experiences help attendees reset, refocus and re-engage in the moments that matter most. Rachel leads the company’s growth and creative direction, applying her events industry experience to shape wellness activations for corporate teams, conferences and high-performance environments.
Rachel is a certified Workplace Wellness Specialist and holds board and partner roles with HSMAI Las Vegas and NAWBO Southern Nevada. Her writing on wellness and event design has appeared in industry publications including Meetings Today and Conference & Meetings World (CMW).
Outside Pneuma, Rachel has a passion for aromatherapy, hiking and discovering a good cocktail bar. She also stays closely connected to her native Australia.
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Experience a personalized aromatherapy ritual designed to support your energy and well-being. Explore how scent, breathing techniques and simple somatic practices can influence mood, support nervous system regulation and create moments of recovery during a busy event day.
Learning outcomes:
Understand how scent influences mood and cognitive performance
Explore aromatherapy as a practical tool for nervous system regulation
Experience a sensory wellness protocol and leave with a simple somatic practice

Experience a personalized aromatherapy ritual designed to support your energy and well-being. Guided by a wellness specialist, you'll explore how scent, breathing exercises and simple somatic practices can help regulate the nervous system, influence mood and create moments of recovery during a busy event day.
Learning outcomes:
Understand how scent influences mood and cognitive performance
Explore aromatherapy as a practical tool for nervous system regulation
Experience a sensory wellness protocol and leave with a simple somatic practice

Experience a personalized aromatherapy ritual designed to support your energy and well-being. Guided by a wellness specialist, you'll explore how scent, breathing exercises and simple somatic practices can help regulate the nervous system, influence mood and create moments of recovery during a busy event day
Learning outcomes:
Understand how scent influences mood and cognitive performance
Explore aromatherapy as a practical tool for nervous system regulation
Experience a sensory wellness protocol and leave with a simple somatic practice