| Executive Director & Co-Founder Rachael is passionate about technology and has worked in various tech-related roles at Teach For America and the International Rescue Committee. Rachael loves painting, running, and most of all, her dog Buffy. You can see (and purchase!) her artwork online at www.rachaelbeard.com. Rachael can frequently be found running with Buffy on the west side of Manhattan. She graduated from Skidmore College with a BA in Psychology and Studio Art.
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![]() | Director of Marketing Rachel spent three years working at Teach For America for the national and New York City teams. Rachel later worked at Achievement First, a network of high-performing charter schools serving low-income students in Connecticut and Brooklyn. She loves ping pong, fitness, adventures, crazy races, data, social media, and education reform. If there is a free or fun event happening in NYC, Rachel will most likely be there. She graduated from Pomona College with a BA in Asian Studies.
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![]() | Director of Outreach & Co-Founder Anna has experience working at a variety of education nonprofits including Teach For America, Inwood House, National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, and Achievement First. Anna's interests include cooking, the stock market, photography, and travel. When not running LinkEd, she can often be found chilling on her roof deck in Brooklyn Heights. She majored in Business at Skidmore College.
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