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Rachel Denny

Deputy Executive Director

Rachel Denny brings two decades of experience as a media, film, and nonprofit executive, with leadership roles at the Sundance Institute, Film at Lincoln Center, and United States Artists. She has served as an external affairs consultant to IDA for nearly a year through her firm, Media Philanthropy Advisory, which has also worked with Brooklyn Academy of Music, Cinereach, Peace is Loud, and Wavelength Productions on fundraising, strategic planning, and audience development. She is a certified Impact Philanthropy Advisor.

Rachel is also a film producer. Her credits include Sister Senators and Arrest the Midwife, the latter of which premiered at SXSW in 2025. She is a native New Yorker and lives in the lower Hudson Valley.