Summary
Rachel Rosenfelt is a strategic consultant and creative operator with a decade of experience building and leading mission-driven teams across media, academia, and climate organizations. She co-founded and led interdisciplinary initiatives—combining research, communications, and software-driven interventions—at UC Irvine and Columbia, and has overseen large editorial and operational teams as Publisher and VP at The New Republic. Rachel excels at translating complex institutional challenges into fundable, media-ready projects and revenue-generating products, from prototyping subscription and D2C commerce models to licensing technical solutions for publishing. Now based in the Albuquerque–Santa Fe area, she combines hands-on program development and partnership cultivation for climate and sustainability work while continuing to advise on product, communications, and operations. Notably, her track record includes founding influential cultural outlets, managing cross-sector coalitions, and shepherding contentious organizational change processes like union negotiations to resolution.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Barnard College