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Phone: (202) 238-9088
Fax: (202) 238-9003
Pronouns: she/her (what’s this?)
Rachel Deitch (she/her) is the Acting Director of Policy and Strategic Advocacy at the American Humanist Association and its 501(c)(4) affiliate, the Center for Freethought Equality. She leads the organizations’ policy development and advocacy efforts at the federal and state levels to advance secular and progressive values.
Rachel is pleased to return to the American Humanist Association, having previously served as its Director of Policy and Social Justice. In this role, she led the 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) policy portfolio—including successfully securing the passage of bipartisan legislation and testifying in Congress—and led the organizations’ cross-departmental social justice work.
Most recently, Rachel worked at the National Coalition of STD Directors as their Director of Federal Policy, where she founded and led a coalition of 65 national public health, sexual health, and LGBTQ organizations during the mpox public health emergency, with White House participation.
Her work has been featured in Politico, CNN, and Bloomberg.
Rachel holds a Master of Theological Studies in Religion, Politics, and Ethics from Harvard Divinity School and a BA in Religious Studies from Occidental College (go tigers!).
Rachel is a proud DC resident, and serves on the Board of the Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, D.C.