She is also on the faculty of Cornell Medical College. Dr. Rickel recently served as Education Programs Officer for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. She was responsible for the Fund’s Fellowship Program for Students of Color as well as grantmaking for other educational priorities. Before assuming this position, she was a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University. Throughout her career, she has worked with children and families, and directed research on early interventions. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health as well as the MacArthur and Kellogg foundations. In 1992, she was awarded a Senior Congressional Fellowship and served as a member of the public policy staff of U.S. Senator Donald W. Riegle, Jr. At the same time, she was appointed to President Clinton’s Task Force for National Health Care Reform.