Rachel brings over 18 years of experience in government relations and policy development to her work at Native Americans in Philanthropy. She previously served in a Senior Advisor role at the Department of the Interior (DOI). In this role, she worked with DOI leadership to advance priorities related to Native American Affairs, economic development, public-private partnerships, and conservation initiatives. 

During her time at Interior, she also had roles with the Bureau of Reclamation and the National Park Service. In her role with Reclamation, she supported the negotiation and implementation of Indian water rights settlements and worked on projects and agreements with foreign countries seeking technical expertise on water resources issues.  Rachel joined the Department of the Interior as a Presidential Management Fellow with the National Park Service’s American Indian Liaison Office, where she worked on negotiations to create the first Tribal National Park and advised Park Service leadership on issues relating to cultural and natural resource protection.

Before joining the Department of the Interior, she worked for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, where her portfolio included Gulf Coast recovery following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the federal disaster response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.