Grace Farms Foundation
Chelsea Thatcher serves as the Chief Strategy Officer at Grace Farms Foundation since January 2016, previously holding roles as Chief Advancement Officer, Creative Director, and Chief Marketing Officer. In these positions, Chelsea established the visual brand, built the marketing department, and managed diverse initiatives including strategic partnerships, fundraising, and architectural tours, which attracted over 6,000 participants. Chelsea co-led the Design for Freedom movement aimed at eradicating forced labor in building materials and developed a communications and marketing strategy for various high-profile events. Prior experience includes founding Chelsea Print & Publishing, focusing on culturally relevant publications and storytelling, and serving as a consultant for the communications strategy at Grace Farms Foundation. Chelsea also had a brief tenure at Condé Nast's Women's Wear Daily.
Grace Farms Foundation
Grace Farms Foundation’s interdisciplinary humanitarian mission is to pursue peace through nature, arts, justice, community, faith, and Design for Freedom, a new movement to eliminate forced labor from the building materials supply chain. The Foundation’s work is carried out at Grace Farms. The open, porous architecture of the internationally acclaimed River building at Grace Farms, designed by SANAA, is embedded into 80 acres of natural landscape. The building, designed to break down barriers between people and sectors, invites all to pause and reflect, while also encouraging engagement with our initiatives, creating new outcomes. The result is a hopeful, yet active, environment where peace take shape. Grace Farms is accessible and free to the public six days a week. Through on-site programming, daily experiences, and exhibits, all are invited to observe, experience and support the work of Grace Farms Foundation.