Rebecca W. Rimel
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Position: President & Chief Executive Officer
Organization: Pew Charitable Trusts
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Rebecca W. Rimel is a co-chair of the Advisory Committee on Self-Regulation.
Rebecca Rimel is the president and CEO of the Pew Charitable Trusts, which serves the public interest by providing information, advancing policy solutions and supporting civic life. Ms. Rimel began her tenure at the Trusts in 1983 as health program manager, became executive director in 1988, and accepted her current position in 1994. Prior to joining the Trusts, Ms. Rimel worked in health care, specifically the field of nursing. From 1981 through 1983, she was assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Virginia Hospital, making her the first nurse to hold a faculty position in the medical school. Along with additional teaching and practitioner positions at the hospital, she was head nurse of the medical center's emergency department. Ms. Rimel received her Bachelor of Science, with distinction, from the University of Virginia School of Nursing (1973), and earned a Master of Business Administration from James Madison University in 1983.