Rebecca Hare is the Project Coordinator for the National Consortium on Leadership and Disability for Youth housed at the Institute for Educational Leadership in Washington DC. NCLD-Youth is one of 15 Youth Led Resource, Information, and Training Centers funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities.

An ardent advocate for youth-led models of leadership development, Rebecca has worked with a number of groups such as the National Youth Leadership Network and the National Council on Disability (where she served as the Vice-Chair of the Youth Advisory Committee for 3 years). She has consulted or given expert testimony to the National Council on Independent Living, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the World Bank, the Social Security Administration's Ticket to Work Advisory panel, the Presidents Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disability, and the committee for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization.

Her publications include “Youth Development and Youth Leadership: A Background Paper” from the National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth, articles on civic engagement for the newsletter Impact, “the 411 on Disability Disclosure,” “Paving the Way to Work: A Guide to Career-Focused Mentoring,” and various policy agendas for the National Youth Leadership Network.

She received her Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of CA Santa Cruz in 2001 and has plans to continue her education in the near future.