Rachel Pulfer is the Executive Director for Journalists for Human Rights, Canada’s leading media development organization.

Ms. Pulfer has managed media development projects in Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and represented JHR at conferences in New Brunswick, the United Kingdom, Tanzania, Germany, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, and Costa Rica. Prior to joining JHR, Ms. Pulfer was a Canadian Journalism Fellow at Massey College, and a magazine journalist of 10 years' standing. She was the U.S. correspondent, editorial board member, and columnist for Canadian Business – Canada's national business news magazine. Ms Pulfer has previously held positions at Investment Executive Magazine, the Montreal Gazette, and Azure magazine, and her work has appeared in The Walrus, Toronto Life, the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, the Ottawa Citizen, Maclean's Magazine. 

As a humanitarian who grew up in several developing countries, Ms Pulfer believes JHR’s mission – empowering journalists to cover local human rights issues ethically and effectively – is an excellent way to put her profession to work for a greater good. She is pleased to be part of making that mission a reality.