Rachel Kropa

Rachel Kropa is a founder and the Managing Director of Nonprofit + Science at Robert Downey Jr.'s FootPrint Coalition. She is also a founder and Managing Partner at Range Media Partners. She has 18 years of experience at the intersection of the entertainment and nonprofit spheres. Previously, Kropa was the Co-Director of the Foundation at Creative Artists Agency, a global entertainment and sports agency headquartered in Los Angeles, where she led social impact programs and environmental initiatives for the company and its clients. Kropa holds a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Virginia and an Archaeology Certificate from UCLA, she chairs the Los Angeles board of Peer Health Exchange, she sits on the Board of Directors of the Environmental Media Association, and she is a member of Sierra Club's Arts + Entertainment Council.

Rachel Kropa was the Science Breakthrough in the Science and Innovation category at the Science Summit 2022 and a jury member for the Science and Innovation category at the Science Summit in 2023.