Rachel Kerestes
Executive Director, NumFOCUS
- Role
- Executive Director at Numfocus
- Location
- Jacksonville, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
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About Rachel Kerestes
Scientist by training and temperament. Award-winning brand strategist, campaigner and…
Experience
Executive Director
Aug 2025 — Present · Jacksonville, FL, US
Chief executive officer of NumFOCUS, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that supports and promotes world-class, innovative, open source scientific computing.
Education
Mount Holyoke College
B.A., Biology
1995 — 1999
Georgetown University
M.P.P.
1999 — 2001
Skills
- Crisis Communications
- Political Campaigns
- Business Development
- Public Affairs
- Public Policy
- Strategic Communications
- Biotechnology
- Research
- Budgets
- Community Outreach
- Legislative Relations
- Strategy
- Public Relations
- Internal Communications
- Media Relations
- Government
- Nonprofits
- Management
- Politics
- Non-Profits
- Fundraising
- Program Management
- Editing
- Proposal Writing
- Marketing
- Corporate Communications
- Policy Analysis
- Public Speaking
- Policy
- Social Media
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