Rachel Blackburn

Rachel Blackburn currently serves as the Southern Appalachian Program Coordinator at the National Forest Foundation, a position held since July 2023. Prior experience includes serving as the Land Protection Coordinator at Conserving Carolina from June 2021 to June 2023 and working as a Law Clerk/Associate Attorney at DeLano & DeLano, where tasks involved drafting comment letters and conducting legal research. Previous roles also encompass contributions at Davis & Whitlock Environmental Law as a Law Clerk, focusing on legal research and writing, and an internship at the Southern Environmental Law Center, where Rachel researched key environmental issues. Rachel's academic credentials include a Doctor of Law (JD) from Lewis & Clark Law School, with a specialization in Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government, Spanish, and Environmental Studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.