Rachel Atcheson currently serves as Deputy Director of New York City’s Mayor’s Office of Food Policy as well as At-Large Director of the SUNY Downstate Committee on Plant-Based Health and Nutrition. She previously served as Borough President Adams’ Deputy Strategist focusing on plant-forward food policy in the City by contributing to the establishment of Meatless Mondays in NYC public schools, the launch of the lifestyle medicine programs in NYC Health+Hospitals, and other public health and sustainability initiatives around plant-based nutrition.