Rachel Schindler

Building Teams That Stay: High Performance, High Trust, and Leadership Under Pressure

Hiring great staff is hard. Building an organization where high quality staff want to return is even harder.

Rachel Schindler has built high-performing teams in fast-paced environments where expectations are high and culture matters. As co-founder of Punchbowl News, she helped grow a four-person startup into a $20M+ media company with employee retention above 90%. As Program Director at Experience Camps, she has been integral in helping achieve 87% volunteer retention and 100% leadership retention.

So, what makes people stay?

Rachel will explore how camp leaders can build teams that are accountable, connected, and committed for the long term. Drawing from her experience in camp, media, technology, and entrepreneurship, she’ll share lessons about developing strong middle managers, creating high-trust cultures, achieving operational excellence, and building organizations people want to return to.

Because retention isn’t just about getting people to come back, it’s about building an organization worth coming back to.