CEO announces retirement plans, board searches for successor
For Immediate Release: Jan. 25, 2017
INDIANAPOLIS – Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky (PPINK) President and CEO, Betty Cockrum, announced that she will be retiring at the end of the fiscal year. Her last day with the organization will be June 30, 2017.
"I knew when I signed up to lead PPINK nearly fifteen years ago this would be my last significant tour of duty. Words cannot express what an extraordinary experience it's been. It is truly an amazing organization," stated Cockrum. "I now have just over five months to give our great mission all I have to give and I have every intention of doing just that."
The board of directors has named a search committee with members from both Indiana and Kentucky to ensure that the transition to a new CEO is seamless.
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Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky (PPINK) provides high-quality health care to more than 51,000 men and women each year at our health centers across two states. Our centers are staffed by skilled clinicians and highly trained health care professionals. 93% of our nonprofit’s services are preventive in nature and include Pap tests, breast and testicular cancer screenings, birth control, STD testing and treatment, and annual wellness exams. Through the Sara and Albert Reuben Partners in Health Education initiative, PPINK also provides sexuality and reproductive health education programs, equipping people to make responsible decisions so that families thrive in Indiana and Kentucky.
PPINK’s doors are open to all who need care and we provide our services in a confidential, compassionate and non-judgmental manner. We accept Medicaid and insurance.
Source
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc.
Contact
Ali Slocum
317-637-4324
Published
January 25, 2017