Rachel Mlinarchik is GMF’s managing director of development. She was previously national philanthropy director at SBP, a national disaster response and relief organization, and she spent nine years at CARE, focusing on major and principal gifts, new market development, and strategic engagement. Her earlier professional experience includes fundraising roles at American University, Public Citizen, and the American Kidney Fund.

Mlinarchik is a trained diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) facilitator and taught English as a second language in Japan, Thailand, and the United States. She holds a master’s degree in international communication from American University’s School of International Service and a bachelor’s degree in English from George Mason University.