As CEDAM’s associate director, Rachel manages programs that help to build sustainability and grow services within CEDAM member organizations. Her major projects include our 30 member AmeriCorps program, community development fellowship program, and internship program. During Rachel’s tenure at CEDAM, both the AmeriCorps State and AmeriCorps VISTA programs have been awarded the Governor’s Service Award for Outstanding National Service Programs.
Prior to her work at CEDAM, Rachel coordinated the 75-member AmeriCorps VISTA program at the Ohio Association of Foodbanks where the program earned the 2011 ServeOhio Outstanding National and Community Service Program award. Rachel is a proud AmeriCorps Alum and started her nonprofit career as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer coordinator with Habitat for Humanity- MidOhio.