| Rachel Goslins | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 23, 1969 |
| Residence | Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | bachelor's degree (English literature), 1991 law degree, 1995 certificate in intensive digital video production, 2001 |
| Alma mater | University of California at Santa Cruz UCLA School of Law New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies |
| Occupation | film producer, film director |
| Employer | President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities |
| Title | Executive director |
| Religion | Judaism - Adas Israel Congregation (Washington, D.C.) |
| Denomination | Conservative Judaism |
| Spouse | Julius Genachowski |
| Children | two young children teenaged stepson |
| Notes | |
Rachel Goslins currently is Executive Director of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities,[3] an advisory committee to the White House on cultural policy. President Obama appointed her to this position in 2009.
Prior to her appointment, Goslins worked as an arts administrator and documentary film director/producer. Her feature documentary, Bama Girl premiered at the 2008 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival and later broadcast on the Independent Film Channel (IFC).[4] It is the story of a "black woman at the University of Alabama who runs for 2005 Homecoming Queen, going up against a century of ingrained racial segregation, internal black politics, and The Machine, a secret coalition of traditionally white fraternities and sororities formed in 1914.[5] She has worked on productions for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the Discovery Channel, the National Geographic Channel (Nat Geo), and History, and was the Director of the Independent Digital Distribution Lab, a joint PBS/ITVS project. Her most recent film is God's House, a feature documentary about Albanian Muslims who saved Jews during World War II.[6]
Before working in the arts, Goslins was an international copyright attorney with Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher and the U.S. Copyright Office. She is married to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, and they have three children.[7]