Rachel grew up in OKC and has been a lifelong member of Temple B’nai Israel in OKC. She served on the Board of the Oklahoma City Chapter of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America, and that’s what started her love of non-profit work. She worked at Ackerman McQueen for 9 years in production, accounting, account service (client relations), and analytics. She joined the Jewish Federation of Greater Oklahoma City in 2018 as Program Associate and was promoted to Assistant Executive Director in 2020. She became Interim Executive Director in 2021 and now is the Executive Director.
She is an advocate for security and programs that educate others on biases, hate, and antisemitism. She is a graduate of the FBI of Oklahoma City’s Citizens Academy, the Oklahoma City Police Citizen’s Academy and the Glass Leadership Institute with the Anti-Defamation League. Rachel also
serves on the Hillel of Oklahoma University’s board, the FBI Oklahoma City Citizen’s Academy Alumni board and is a commissioner for the Metropolitan Library.
Meetings start at 6:00 pm in the Musser Learning Lab in the Research Library at the Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City (across from the State Capitol–see map)
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Monthly programs are free for members and non-members alike, but we encourage you to join! Your membership dues help us to provide more and better resources for the genealogical community.
First Families of the Twin Territories (FFTT)
A Project of the
Oklahoma Genealogical Society
An Invitation to the Descendants
of the Early Settlers of Oklahoma
(prior to November 16th, 1907)
Are you eligible to become a member?
Read more about it here...
An Invitation for Settlers & Builders of Oklahoma
The Settlers and Builders of Oklahoma, under the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Genealogical Society, was founded to recognize, honor, and perpetuate the memory of the residents that helped build the new State of Oklahoma from statehood, 16 Nov 1907 through 31 Dec 1929. Note: Anyone that resided in the Twin Territories prior to statehood is also eligible for the OGS First Families of the Twin Territories Lifetime Membership. You can nominate anyone you believe should be honored for their contribution(s) to the settling and/or building of Oklahoma. Get more information here.
May 6
OGS Monthly Meeting
Rachel Johnson will present "Holocaust Remembrance/Researching Jewish Ancestry"
Meeting topics will be annouced about two weeks before the meeting. Our meetings are currently a hybrid meeting with in-person and Zoom attendees. Go to the OGS Computer SIG area of our website for Zoom ...
Meeting topics will be annouced about two weeks before the meeting. Our meetings are currently a hybrid meeting with in-person and Zoom attendees. Go to the OGS Computer SIG area of our website for Zoom ...
