Before taking the Executive Director position, Becky Johnson Rescola served as Senior Vice President of Education and Community Engagement at the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation. Throughout her 15-year tenure with the Foundation, she has led community-based patient and professional education, patient/caregiver support groups, healthcare professional engagement, community-based equity programs, and Camp Oasis. She has worked with many institutions, clinical professionals, and families across the pediatric IBD community throughout her career.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Becky worked in both nonprofit and public sector maternal and child health, including the March of Dimes and the Ohio Department of Health. Her work with those organizations included partnering with the Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative, administering Ohio's childhood lead poisoning prevention registry, and implementing a statewide electronic certification system for Ohio's Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program.
Becky has a Master of Social Work from the University of Iowa and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Sociology from Iowa State University. She has completed 5 marathons including two World Majors. Becky currently lives in greater Cleveland (Ohio) with her husband and two cats. She has a son who is a recent graduate of Bowling Green State University and a daughter who attends Cleveland State University.