Executive DirectorWelcoming America
Rachel Perić is Executive Director of Welcoming America. Inspired by her family’s refugee story, she has worked for more than a decade to grow the worldwide movement of welcomers and advocate for the power of everyday people to build welcoming communities for all. Rachel has worked throughout her career with local leaders whose innovative solutions to community building in an era of migration are the inspiration for her work and advocacy, and the subject of her published writing in USA Today, CNN, and numerous media outlets. She serves on the boards of Refugee Council USA, the American Visionary Art Museum, and Art and Remembrance, and holds a BA from Johns Hopkins University, and a Master's in Public Management from the University of Maryland.