Tarina Keene has led REPRO Rising Virginia (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia) as the organization’s executive director since 2008. Under her leadership, the organization has undergone significant growth while also leading historic advances for reproductive freedom for Virginians.
As a native Virginian originally from the coalfields of southwest Virginia, her vision is to make reproductive freedom and healthcare access a true reality for every Virginian no matter their age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, immigration status, religion, socioeconomics, or zip code. During Tarina’s tenure, she has founded and/or co-chaired multiple coalitions and is now on the Executive Committee for Virginians for Reproductive Freedom which is leading the charge to pass the Virginia Constitutional Amendment for Reproductive Freedom in 2026. To date, the passage of the Reproductive Health Protection Act in 2020 is her most proud and significant reproductive rights and access victory to date. RHPA overturned decades of egregious barriers to abortion care, making the Commonwealth a central access point for reproductive healthcare in the south in the post-Roe era.
Tarina was appointed by both Gov. McAuliffe and Gov. Northam to serve as a trustee to the Families and Children’s Trust (FACT) for the Commonwealth from 2016-2025. She was previously appointed by the Alexandria City Council to the city’s Commission for Women and served as 1st and 2nd Vice Chair during her eight years as a commissioner.
Tarina has a B.A. in both Media Studies and Political Science from Radford University and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Nonprofit Management from Old Dominion University. She is also a graduate of the University of Virginia’s prestigious Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership. One of her most proud personal achievements is hiking the Appalachian Trail’s nearly 2200 miles from Georgia to Maine in 1999. Tarina resides in Alexandria with her husband, Jason, and their daughter, Sydney, and companion animal rescues, Ollie and Oreo.