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Rachel Palmer
Associate PSP Officer at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
Rachel Palmer is a highly qualified professional with a strong background in development, humanitarian aid, climate change action, sustainable energy, refugee assistance, protection of vulnerable groups, countering violent extremism, and gender mainstreaming. She has a proven track record of working in high-risk environments and post-conflict societies.
Her interests lie in humanitarian innovation, social entrepreneurship, sustainable and renewable energy in humanitarian settings, women's empowerment in social, political, and economic spheres, as well as private sector solutions to humanitarian crises.
Rachel Palmer holds a Master of Science (M.S.) in Foreign Service, Development Economics, and International Development from Georgetown University, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan.
She has held various roles in prestigious organizations including her current position as an Associate PSP Officer at the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). In the past, Rachel has been an Independent Researcher working on countering violent extremism in Indonesia, an Associate Monitoring and Reporting Officer at UNHCR, and a Research Assistant at the Center for Middle East and Africa at the United States Institute of Peace, among others.
