Rachel currently serves as BIC’s Social Inclusion Director. Rachel joined the Bank Information Center in 2012 to start BIC’s disability rights campaign. Since then, she has actively engaged with the World Bank on disability, child, and LGBTQI+ rights issues, inclusive education, and health. Her work has focused on both policy and operations, looking at how multilateral development bank (MDB) policies support and address the needs of marginalized groups and how development projects impact these groups. She has worked with local partners in-country to identify good practice and gaps in programming to strengthen MDB funded development projects. Prior to joining BIC, Rachel worked at the local and international levels advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities. Rachel has also worked on HIV/AIDS and the prevention of violence against women and girls in Africa.
Rachel received her master's degree in public administration from New York University and holds a B.A. degree in psychology from Washington University in St. Louis.