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Becky Kowall

Principal
Fractional Chief People Officer

Meet Becky

Becky Kowall is a trusted executive advisor who partners with CEOs and leadership teams to strengthen leadership alignment, build healthy cultures, and create scalable people systems that support long-term growth and mission impact.

Most recently serving as Chief People Officer and previously as Global Vice President of Human Resources, Becky has led people strategy for complex, high-growth organizations navigating expansion, acquisitions, and organizational transformation. Throughout her career, she has worked closely with executive teams to align leadership, culture, and organizational structure with strategic priorities.

Today, Becky serves as a Fractional Chief People Officer at Talent Realized, partnering with CEOs, executive teams, and boards to clarify leadership structures, strengthen executive effectiveness, and build people systems that support both performance and purpose. Increasingly, her work focuses on mission-driven organizations, nonprofits, and purpose-led companies seeking to scale their impact while maintaining healthy, values-driven cultures.

An Executive Who Builds Structure and Stability

Becky understands that organizational challenges are rarely just about HR. They are often rooted in leadership alignment, role clarity, and systems that enable people to perform at their best.

Her work focuses on helping leadership teams translate vision into practical leadership structures, behaviors, and talent strategies that enable sustainable growth.

Her areas of expertise include:

  • Executive leadership advisory and CEO partnership

  • Executive presence and leadership influence

  • Organizational design and role clarity

  • People strategy aligned with business priorities

  • Leadership team optimization and executive coaching

  • Change leadership and organizational transformation

  • Succession planning and leadership pipeline development

  • Acquisition integration and leadership transition

  • Mentorship and development of HR leaders

Becky helps organizations move beyond reactive HR to intentional leadership systems that support long-term success.

People Strategy That Scales

Becky believes strong organizations require both disciplined leadership and cultures rooted in purpose.

Through her work at Talent Realized, she helps leaders strengthen executive alignment, reduce organizational friction, and build people systems that support long-term growth and mission impact.

Her goal is simple: to help organizations build the leadership strength and organizational clarity needed to carry out their mission.

Ready to lead your people with clarity and confidence?

Your people are entrusted to you — let’s help them thrive.