Rebecca Karpinski

Becca Karpinski is the vice president of Strategy and Organizational Effectiveness for Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest. Her current duties include shepherding the agency’s strategic plan, overseeing the Planned Parenthood Experience (an organization-wide focus on improving the experience of those we serve) and our In This Together culture, and guiding diversity, equity and inclusion work. She also leads cross-departmental initiatives with no other home, such as supporter engagement, business transformation and GoodbyeStigma, an initiative to change the conversation about abortion. Other major projects have included preparing the organization for the Affordable Care Act, guiding leadership development, planning for a capital campaign, and leading the human resources and risk functions of the agency.

Prior to joining Planned Parenthood 18 years ago, Becca worked as a management consultant to large, for-profit companies focused primarily in pharmaceuticals and managed care. She has a BA from Brown University in political science, a master’s in bioethics from University of Pennsylvania, and two teen children who are subjected to more conversations about sex and healthy relationships than they would like.