Rebecca Feinglos, MPP

Rebecca Feinglos is a founder, philanthropist, podcast host, and former policy advisor. Rebecca founded Grieve Leave in 2021 as a way to document her experience on a year-long grief sabbatical — she lost her mother in her teens, her father suddenly in 2020, and her marriage in a drawn-out divorce. Grieve Leave has grown into a global community reaching millions that provides tangible takeaways, resources, and a healthy dose of humor, creating an entire movement around taking intentional time to grieve. Through her podcast Grief'd Up, Rebecca brings raw, honest conversations about loss into the open, featuring experts and storytellers who help make grief feel a little less lonely.

Rebecca has been featured in the LA Times, Fortune, TIME, HuffPost, Slate, ELLE, and more for her raw and revolutionary voice, inspiring a more grief-informed world.

Before becoming a go-to resource on grieving, Rebecca's career started as a bilingual Spanish/English public school educator, and grew into government: she served in the Chicago Mayor's Office, and was a senior advisor in the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Rebecca was instrumental in spearheading the effort to secure bereavement leave for state employees in North Carolina, and she continues to work with state lawmakers to expand bereavement leave to public school teachers.

Rebecca is a magna cum laude graduate of Duke University, and earned her Master's Degree in Public Policy at the University of Chicago. She is originally from Durham, North Carolina, and now splits her time between Durham and Montreal, alongside her two dogs, Daisy Duke and Ralphie.