Rachel Schneider is founder and CEO of Canary, a company helping the 21st-century social net evolve to reflect the future of work. She’s led development of Grant Circle, a high-impact solution for challenges she uncovered as co-author of The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty. Grant Circle exists so employees can access emergency support in times of financial need and enable them to recover quickly.

She brings experience from Merrill Lynch, Financial Health Network, and The Aspen Institute, as their entrepreneur-in-residence. She credits her commitment to the potential for innovative finance to solve major social problems from her days as a VISTA Volunteer.