Rachel Fowler is a Government Innovation Fellow working with the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF). She is supporting the continued implementation of a pilot program testing referral pathways and prevention interventions for pregnant people experiencing substance use disorders.

Rachel recently earned a Master of Public Policy from Duke University. During her studies, she worked with a regional government entity in North Carolina to support local municipalities in identifying and obtaining grant funding across policy areas like environmental justice and rural development. Previously, Rachel worked for five years in public health at the federal level. This included two years consulting for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), as well as three years working at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Bureau for Global Health. Rachel also holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University.