ABOUT RACHEL

Birthdate
August 1983 (Age 28)

Hometown
Park Slope in Brooklyn, NYC but grew up in Dobbs Ferry, NY

Education
Majored in History, minored in French at NYU

Work
Interned at the UN Security Council
Business Development at Limewire
Self-made CEO at her citizen journalism site, GroundReport (founded in 2006)
Digital Consultant at her own company Upward Strategy
Adjunct professor at Columbia Business School teaching "Social Media and Entrepreneurship"
Chief Digital Officer for New York City

Other interesting tidbits:
• Married to Livestream CEO Max Haot
• Is 6ft tall
• She left Upward Strategy and GroundReport after accepting the CDO job. Her father Paul currently maintains GroundReport.