Rachel Sklar

Rachel Sklar is a writer and social entrepreneur based in New York. She is the co-founder of Change The Ratio, which increases visibility and opportunity for women in tech and new media, and TheLi.st (supported by the Knight Foundation). A former lawyer who writes about media, politics, culture and technology, she was a founding editor at Mediaite and the Huffington Post. She has written for the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Financial Times, National Post, Glamour and Elle, as well as online media outlets like The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, Politico and Mashable. She speaks widely at conferences, events and on TV. She is also the co-host of “The Salon" on The Jewish Channel (check local listings!). Additionally, Rachel is a TechStars mentor and an advisor to several startups, including Vox Media, The Daily Muse, Lover.ly, Votizen and TeachAIDS.org, and is a proud Board member at She’s The First.
Rachel is also a member of the Reboot, TED & Summit communities and of the Lean In Foundation launch team. Her other initiatives include founding Charitini, a social enterprise to facilitate group giving around events, and CTRComedy – an all-women comedy initiative that quadrupled the number of women performing comedy at SXSW in 2011 and 2012.