Rachel Hatch serves as Chief Impact Officer of Institute for the Future. Founded in 1968, IFTF is dedicated to the mission of helping organizations, communities and leaders become future-ready. Their vision? A world that harnesses the power of futures thinking to create more equitable, sustainable societies.
Currently, she co-leads IFTF’s community-based foresight practice area, with a focus on foresight for the philanthropic & nonprofit sectors, for movement leaders, and for place-based communities. Previously, she was a Senior Program Officer at The McConnell Foundation, a private philanthropic foundation where she led community vitality grantmaking, public engagement, and related impact investments. This included public-private partnerships to win place-based investments at state and federal levels.
Previous roles at IFTF since she first joined in 2008 include COO, Ten-Year Forecast Research Director and Director of the IFTF Cities Lab. She is the author of Museum 2040: Citizen Artists & the New Economy (American Alliance of Museums).
Hatch holds masters degrees from Trinity College Dublin and Yale Divinity School.
Follow her at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelhatch