Jennifer Childs-Roshak

Jennifer Childs-Roshak is an American physician who was president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and president of the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts from 2015 to 2022. She has also sat on the board of the Boston Public Health Commission. She was the first person with a medical degree to become the chief executive of any Planned Parenthood.

Life and education Childs-Roshak grew up in New Hampshire. She attended Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and after graduating with a degree in English, moved to New York City to work as an editor for the United Nations Population Fund. While in New York, she began volunteering at a Planned Parenthood facility. She attended medical school at Temple University in Philadelphia. She also has an MBA from the Boston University School of Management.

Childs-Roshak is married to Phillip Roshak.

On November 23, 2015, Childs-Roshak became the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, and the president of the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts. In August 2022, Planned Parenthood announced Childs-Roshak would step down from her leadership role by the end of the calendar year. She was succeeded by Ellen Frank, who served as interim president and CEO for the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.