Rachel Goldman Alper

Rachel Goldman Alper is the Chief Operating Officer of the Society for Science. In this role, she oversees organization wide strategy and risk, Human Resources, Finance and IT. Starting in 2019, she has led the Society’s work as a Department of Defense-Defense STEM Education Consortium (DSEC) partner. Alper started her career as a sixth-grade teacher in the South Bronx. Before coming to the Society, Alper worked as the Director of Strategic Alliances with the Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed). She has also previously worked for The Posse Foundation, DC Public Schools, and ePals (now Cricket Media). She holds an A.B. from The University of Chicago and an M.S.T. from Pace University.