Rachel Oliver Young is a passionate dance artist and educator who has recently expanded into communications and development roles.
Rachel works directly with Nature Through Her Eyes, a project within the VII Foundation, the Art and Heart of Healthcare, Denver Tool Library, and Open AIR, implementing grant research, grant writing and reports for each organization.
With Bare Bait Dance and Westside Theater, Rachel manages sponsorships and donor stewardship, as well as grant management, in addition to external communication.
As the Education Director at Denver School of the Arts for the past six years, Rachel and her Co-Director successfully redeveloped the dance program, creating curriculum and performance schedules while managing auditions, cross-departmental collaborations, and guest artist programs. Known for her strategic vision and relationship-building, Rachel excels in fostering collaboration and served as the Arts Chair as a liaison between the Administration and the Arts faculty, facilitating and leading the art directors in meetings and collaborative conversations.
Her business and office management skills have been acquired through several jobs in New York as an Administrative Coordinator. Her responsibilities included general office administration, general accounting and bookkeeping, balancing monthly books, generating financial reports for the board, and working with the accountant to prepare 1099’s, W-2’s, and annual filing. In addition, she communicated as a liaison to partnering schools and the NY Department of Education (DOE), completing work orders, invoices, and follow-ups to ensure that funds were encumbered and released.
Rachel loves to weave together her organizational skills and project management abilities in order to develop creative strategies to find funding for nonprofits and help them grow sustainably.
