Staff: Rachel Gosney

Rachel joins Friends of the Children as the National Content and Digital Marketing Manager with experience in youth mentoring, education, and family advocacy. She will be working to amplify the voices of the children, families, and communities we serve through Friends of the Children’s digital marketing strategies. Rachel has focused her career on using the power of communication to educate, inform, and inspire action to positively impact those living at the margins of our community.

Before joining Friends of the Children, she served as the Senior Manager of Marketing & Communications at Adopt A Class. In that time, Rachel led the print and digital marketing content strategies and brand alignment for the largest group mentoring organization in Greater Cincinnati. Her past experience includes dedicating two years of volunteer service to the AmeriCorps Volunteer in Service to America (VISTA) program as part of a statewide initiative to fight poverty and improve lives throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Rachel has a Bachelor’s of Arts in the Philosophy, Politics, and the Public Honors Program and a Master’s of Arts in Private Interests & Public Good from Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH. Her educational background specializes in implementing long term, sustainable change for issues of social, economic, and racial justice. Rachel is a Greater Cincinnati native and now resides in Park Hills, Kentucky. She is a dog mom to her two English Cream Golden Retrievers, Maggie and Minnie.