Chitra Panjabi
Content Expert, Sexual Anatomies & Sexual Health
Chitra Panjabi, MA, PCC, (she/her) is a certified executive and leadership coach, nonprofit management consultant and an award-winning feminist activist.
Previously, Chitra served as president and CEO of SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change, where she revitalized the 50+ year old organization to advance SIECUS’ efforts in reshaping social, cultural, and political narratives around sex, sexuality, and sexual and reproductive health. She has previously served as a national executive officer--vice president membership--for the National Organization for Women (NOW).
Chitra is the former Chair of, and currently serves on, the board of directors for the Chicago Abortion Fund, is a member of Reproaction's advisory council, and previously served on both the board of directors for NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia Foundation (now REPRO Rising Virginia) and the executive committee for the Women's Information Network (WIN), a Washington, D.C.-based organization dedicated to advancing young women's personal and professional growth.
She was honored to be named a 2018 fellow in the Rockwood Leadership Institute's reproductive health, rights, and justice fellowship and to receive WIN's young woman of achievement award - reproductive justice and women’s rights in 2017.
Born and raised in Hong Kong by immigrant Indian parents, Chitra has lived in the United States since 2008. In her spare time, she can be found working on her glass fusing art at the studio, contributing to her community through volunteer service, at the archery range, eating good food, spending time with her partner, dog, and loved ones, and exploring the world through reading and travel.
Our experiences of gender, our sexuality, and how we form intimate relationships is such a fundamental part of our humanity. OBOS Today providing accurate and non-judgmental educational resources to support us through these experiences is critical to our well-being. I'm thrilled to be able to play a small part in ensuring that people who come to OBOS Today can get the information they need!