Rachel Hatch

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