Rachel Cornish
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Rachel Cornish is an arts administrator and arts advocate who has spent the past two decades specializing in the fine arts in higher education. She has a particular interest in helping organizations use mission-centered communications to build lasting relationships with their constituencies. Rachel teaches in the graduate arts administration program at Ohio University, where she also serves as an Associate Director for the School of Theater. She is the Founding Producing Director of Tantrum Theater, the professional theater of Ohio University, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2025. In addition to her producing and academic work, she consults nationally, specializing in leadership development and organizational strategy for arts professionals and institutions.
Previously, Rachel worked as the Director of External Relations for the College of Fine Arts at Ohio University. Prior to her work at OHIO, she was the Associate Director of Marketing at Yale Repertory Theatre/Yale School of Drama. She was a Co-Founding Producing Director of Epiphany Theater Company in New York. Rachel is a proud alumna of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama and the theater management program at Yale School of Drama.
Rachel lives with her husband, Matt, a theater historian, and their two young sons in the third-most-famous Athens. When not working, you’ll often find Rachel attending arts events, gardening, reading, and pleading with her children to please practice their cellos.