Rachelle Faust
Program Officer, National Democratic Institute's Democracy and Technology Team
Rachelle Faust is a program officer on the National Democratic Institute’s Democracy and Technology team. She works with staff across the Institute to implement information integrity initiatives and strengthen partner organizations’ capacity around social media monitoring, media literacy, and related skills. Rachelle also manages the Design 4 Democracy (D4D) Coalition, a mechanism for elevating the perspectives of global democracy practitioners to technology companies. She previously held multiple positions with the National Endowment for Democracy, where she contributed to a research portfolio on countering authoritarianism. Rachelle graduated from George Mason University with BA and MA degrees in global affairs.