RACHEL SCHUDER

RACHEL SCHUDER
Director of Development & Communications

Rachel joined Poets & Writers’ development and marketing team in 2011; she became Director of Development & Marketing in 2021 and Director of Development & Communicaitons in 2024. Her previous experience in the nonprofit arts sector includes roles with the Creative Capital Foundation and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Rachel has a background in visual art and is inspired by makers and storytellers of all types. She holds a BA from Bowdoin College and an MFA in Combined Media from Hunter College, and has received artist fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center, the Bronx Museum’s Artist in the Marketplace program, and Skowhegan.