Rachel Perić is Executive Director of Welcoming America, a nonprofit envisioning a world where we all thrive and belong in the place we call home, no matter where we come from. Inspired by her family’s refugee story,  she has worked for more than a decade to grow the worldwide movement of welcomers and advocate for the power of everyday people to build welcoming communities for all. Rachel has worked throughout her career with local leaders whose innovative solutions to community building in an era of migration are the inspiration for her work and advocacy, and the subject of her published writing in USA Today, CNN, and numerous media outlets across the country.She serves on the boards of the American Visionary Art Museum,  Art and Remembrance, and RCUSA, and holds a BA from Johns Hopkins University, and a Master's in Public Management from the University of Maryland.