Start Date: March 2015

As National Director of School-Age Initiatives, Rachel Stine is the principal leader responsible for the strategic vision, execution, and national expansion of the Books on Break and Books for K programs. One of the most tenured members of the team, Rachel has spent more than a decade at the organization serving as the chief architect of its school-age models. Today, she drives the long-term viability of these initiatives by cultivating high-level strategic partnerships with school district officials, state departments of public instruction, and national funders to build sustainable revenue engines for growth.

Rachel brings deep expertise to the complexities of program replication across a variety of settings. During her tenure, she built a landmark partnership with Durham Public Schools that has benefited every elementary student in the system and spearheaded the launch of book hubs in community settings like laundromats and health clinics. Now focused on scaled impact, she provides the strategic oversight and technical support necessary to ensure programmatic integrity as Book Harvest’s models expand across North Carolina and to new school districts nationally.

Rachel’s leadership extends to several national groups, including the Diverse Books for All Coalition’s Collective Book Purchasing Workgroup and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading’s "Everyday Places & Spaces" initiative. She is also a founding member of the North Carolina Campaign for Grade-Level Reading. Before joining the organization in 2015, Rachel spent two decades as an elementary school teacher, education program manager, and therapist. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Sociology from Westmont College and a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California.