Rachel DiCarlo Currie has more than 15 years of experience working at the intersection of communications and public policy. From 2009 to 2013, she worked for the U.S. Senate leadership as chief speechwriter for Senator Jon Kyl, the Republican Whip. Before that, she served as managing editor of the Hudson Institute. She has also been a Robert Novak journalism fellow and an assistant editor at the Weekly Standard magazine.

Her bylined writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Weekly Standard, National Review, the Washington Times, Books and Culture, the Washington Examiner, and other publications.

Rachel’s main interests include U.S. economic policy, social mobility, and the relationship between culture and prosperity. She holds a B.S. in English literature, and lives with her family in Bethesda, Maryland.