Carly Rapaport-Stein is the Executive Director of Intercultural Journeys, a nonprofit organization dedicated to using the performing arts to foster connection, dialogue, and understanding. Prior to IJ, Carly worked as the communications manager for Mural Arts Philadelphia, the graduate program assistant for Drexel University's Arts Administration Program, the special projects administrator at Community Integrated Services, and as a voice, choir, piano, and music theory teacher.

Carly is passionate about the arts community in Philadelphia, particularly arts organizations that seek an intersection between creative work and social justice. She served as the President of the Board of Drexel University's Arts Administration Graduate Association, as a grant panelist for the Philadelphia Cultural Fund and Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Advisory Panel, on the development committee for The Best Day of My Life So Far, and as a grant writer with Relache. She holds a Bachelor's of Music in Voice Performance from Westminster Choir College, a Master's of Music in Opera Performance from Temple University, and a Master's of Science in Arts Administration from Drexel University.