
Rachel McLendon
(she/her)
Rachel (pictured on left) is an IATSE International Representative working in the Sports Broadcast Department. She is a former broadcast technician, with a history of work covering several sports with the various networks such as CBS, FOX, and NBC. She was organized into the IATSE with the Golf Channel back in 2015. She has worked every major golf event in North America spanning both the LPGA and PGA tours.
She left behind her 15-year broadcasting career as a long-time utility and field fiber optic technician to pursue a greater passion of hers in the labor movement by joining the IATSE as a full-time rep in 2018. As a representative she is active in continuing to organize sports broadcast freelancers all over the U.S.
She currently lives north of Atlanta, GA with her wife of 4 years and their 3 dogs.