In her role at the Skoll Foundation, Rachel supports strategic engagements with aligned funders in order to direct additional support and resources to Skoll’s social entrepreneurs.
Prior to joining the Skoll Foundation, Rachel launched and led key efforts at Omidyar Network to amplify the impact of the firm’s portfolio and partner network. She also has extensive experience in international development, managing health and emergency response programs in East Africa and Haiti.
Rachel graduated magna cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis and earned an MA in International Affairs from The George Washington University. She is a San Francisco native, a former college tour guide, a hobbyist baker, and a recovering camp counselor. She speaks a bit of French, Swahili, and Hebrew and is fluent in toddler.
Arresting Deforestation • Clean Energy • Clean Water • Early Childhood to Primary Education • Economic Opportunity • Education • Environmental Sustainability • Health • Health Delivery • Human Rights • Livelihoods • Ocean Ecosystems • Peace • Peace and Human Rights • Responsible Supply Chains • Sanitation • Smallholder Productivity • Sustainable Markets • Water Management