As Senior Director of Grants and Programs for the Foundation for Financial Planning (FFP), Rachel manages FFP’s grantmaking and develops and executes programs that connect financial planners to those in need. Prior to joining FFP, Rachel worked as a strategy consultant, advising nonprofit organizations in areas ranging from strategic planning to operations to program development. Before that, she served on the founding team of the Aspen Institute’s College Excellence Program. In this role, she managed the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, which strives to reward and shine a spotlight on community colleges that deliver exceptional student results and stimulate replication of practices leading to student success.

Earlier in her career, Rachel developed communications and change management strategies focused on students, alumni, and staff/faculty at Strayer University. She also worked at New Sector Alliance, a consulting and leadership development firm, where she recruited, trained, and coached teams of MBA students, undergraduates, and professional consultants to complete consulting engagements for nonprofit organizations.

Rachel has a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. She currently lives in the DC area and is a native of Baltimore.