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  • President & CEO, Planned Parenthood
  • Co-Founder and Former Co-Director, The Perception Institute
  • Founder, Culture Group
  • Champion for Social and Racial Justice

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Respected political and cultural organizer Alexis McGill Johnson is the President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Planned Parenthood, which provides vital health services to 2.4M people each year through more than 600 health centers across the country, offers a vision of a world of equity: where sexual and reproductive rights are basic human rights; where access to health care doesn’t depend on who you are or where you live; and where every person has the opportunity to choose their own path to a healthy and meaningful life. Alexis, a researcher by training, co-founded and co-directed the Perception Institute, which creates solutions that reduce bias and discrimination and drive equity and belonging. Alexis is a thought leader on brain science and narrative change, has written and spoken extensively on equity, race, and culture, and is sought-after for events with groups like Viacom, SXSW, MAC World AIDS Day, the United Nations Global Compact Gender Equality Summit, and more.

A tireless advocate for reproductive freedom, Alexis has served in Planned Parenthood’s leadership for more than a decade. She also serves on the boards of Color of Change and is the Founder of The Culture Group. Alexis is uniquely positioned to offer in-depth analysis, actionable insights for individuals and organizations, and shares an affirmative vision of protecting and expanding reproductive health care.

 


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  • United Nations Global Compact Gender Equality Summit
  • Viacom
  • SXSW
  • Farmgirl Flowers
  • The Little Market
  • MAC World AIDS Day
"Unconscionable": Planned Parenthood's Alexis McGill Johnson Slams Texas Ruling on Abortion Pill | Democracy Now! [10:37] - Get Sharable Link
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Reproductive Healthcare is a Workplace Issue and a Business Imperative

Planned Parenthood president and CEO ALEXIS MCGILL JOHNSON offers in-depth analysis of how access to comprehensive healthcare, including abortion, is a workplace issue – widening economic, gender, and racial inequities. Alexis shares insights for how leaders can take action in their individual and c ...

Planned Parenthood president and CEO ALEXIS MCGILL JOHNSON offers in-depth analysis of how access to comprehensive healthcare, including abortion, is a workplace issue – widening economic, gender, and racial inequities. Alexis shares insights for how leaders can take action in their individual and corporate capacities to achieve greater equity, create impactful policies, and stand by their values for their employees and consumers.

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Companies are being called on to take action for reproductive justice, and Alexis McGill Johnson offers guidance

Planned Parenthood president and CEO ALEXIS MCGILL JOHNSON knows employers and business leaders have a major stake in preserving comprehensive healthcare access for their employees and communities. As Alexis paints a picture of what’s at stake, leveraging her decade of experience in leadership at Planned Parenthood, she provides guidance about what companies can do to protect and expand reproductive healthcare. Global companies are already taking action, creating plans and policies to support their employees, and Alexis – who is on the front lines of this work – brings substantive experience working directly with CEOs and leaders to clarify their values and stand by them. While abortion bans are widening economic, gender, and racial inequities, reproductive justice is crucial to gender equity in the workplace, making it a business imperative for groups seeking to increase equality, strengthen their organizations, and take actionable steps toward an affirmative vision of reproductive justice.

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In this defining moment, Planned Parenthood president Alexis McGill Johnson shares an affirming vision for the future of reproductive rights

In this defining moment in our nation, when sexual and reproductive health care access and reproductive rights are being threatened, ALEXIS MCGILL JOHNSON is a leading voice in what comes next. As CEO and President of Planned Parenthood, Alexis McGill Johnson brings an extraordinary and rare perspective, overseeing a national affiliate structure of health care providers, millions of patients and supporters. Planned Parenthood is uniquely positioned in this work as the leading provider of sexual health care and sexual education, with 600 health centers across the U.S. serving 1 in 5 women of reproductive age in their lifetimes, and Alexis has served in PP’s leadership for over a decade. As businesses are being called on by their employees and consumers alike to clarify and stand by their values, Alexis provides clear analysis and practical insights for how leaders can take action in their individual and corporate capacities.

Access to these essential health care services and human rights directly impact workers’ ability to contribute productively to the workforce, employers’ ability to attract and retain talent, and the economic success and growth opportunities of the states in which businesses operate. With an intersectional approach to advancing sexual and reproductive health care access and equal reproductive rights – by focusing on gender, race and health equity – Alexis is building a cutting-edge organization and contributing to strengthen the sexual and reproductive health care movement to ensure access for all people, no matter what. In sought-after and compelling keynotes and conversations, Alexis provides guidance and empowerment – and shares an affirmative vision for the future of reproductive rights – which is timely, vital, and impactful for audiences of all kinds.

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Planned Parenthood calls for Supreme Court expansion - The Hill
The Companies Paying Travel Costs for Abortions: Starbucks, Tesla, Microsoft, and More - Wall Street Journal
‘Every generation has their fight, and this is ours’: Planned Parenthood’s president on the battle for the Supreme Court - Fast Company
Alexis McGill Johnson Is Making Her Mark on Planned Parenthood - Elle
A 'Mississippi Compromise' on Abortion Would Threaten All Our Freedoms - TIME Magazine
Be relentless – so your team can be fearless, w/Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson [LISTEN] - Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman
I’m the Head of Planned Parenthood. We’re Done Making Excuses for Our Founder. - The New York Times
Alexis McGill Johnson on the “Dire” Landscape for Abortion Rights [LISTEN] - UNDISTRACTED with Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Alexis McGill Johnson — Examining the Hidden Self: How Implicit Bias Manifests [VIDEO] - Future of Storytelling
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Biography

Alexis McGill Johnson is president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), a national nonprofit organization that is the country's most trusted name in sexual and reproductive health and rights. Through a network of separately incorporated affiliates, Planned Parenthood health centers provide vital health care to more than 2 million people each year at nearly 600 health centers across the country, so that everyone — no matter who they are, where they live, or how much money they make — can get supportive, high-quality health care to live full, healthy lives. She is also the President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, a national reproductive health and rights advocacy organization. 

Alexis McGill Johnson is a longstanding champion for social and racial justice, a respected social and cultural organizer, and a tireless advocate for reproductive rights and access to high-quality, affordable health care. She has been part of Planned Parenthood’s leadership for more than 15 years as a former PPFA board chair and a Planned Parenthood Action Fund board member. Since taking leadership, she has led the organization through challenges — from its exclusion from Title X to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Alexis McGill Johnson brings a researcher’s lens to the justice issues of our time. A thought leader on reproductive freedom, racial justice, and implicit bias, she is a frequent commentator in the press and keynote speaker, a founder of the Culture Group and the co-founder and former co-director of the Perception Institute — a consortium of researchers, advocates, and strategists who translate cutting edge mind science research on race, gender, ethnic, and other identities into solutions that reduce bias and discrimination, and promote belonging. She currently serves on the boards of Color of Change and the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights. Alexis has a BA in politics from Princeton University, an MA in political science from Yale University, and taught political science at Yale and Wesleyan universities. 

 

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