Our Staff - The New Hampshire Women's Policy Institute

Rachel comes to the Institue from the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts where she recently completed her Master's degree in Public Administration (June 2008). While at Harvard she authored a research paper, The Citizen Jane Project, an original research project about women in politics and started the first alumnae network for Kennedy School women.

Prior to earning her degree Rachel was appointed as the first Executive Director of the New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP), serving from 2001-2007.

Rachel is also a graduate of Leadership New Hampshire, been recognized on the Union Leader's 40 Under 40 list, and was named one of NH Magazine's Remarkable Women.

Laura R. McGlashan has worked as a research consultant to the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies, focusing on juvenile justice research, drug court evaluation, and children’s mental health. Laura has also worked as a consultant to the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy in Boston , MA . Projects at the Division have included: performing quality analysis on hospital discharge data, documenting the inpatient, outpatient, and emergency department databases, and analyzing the impact of the HIPAA legislation on the Division’s data collection programs. Prior to that, she worked as an associate attorney in a general practice law firm in Massachusetts . Laura holds a B.S. in Environmental Management/Urban Planning from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, a J.D. from New England School of Law, and a Master in Public Health degree from Boston University .