About the founder
Ms. Rebecca Karnak is Principal and Founder of Woodside Policy. A nimble government affairs leader, Ms. Karnak tailors strategies for the client.
Prior to Woodside Policy, Rebecca was Senior Director, Global Public Policy, at Dell Technologies, focused on helping the company navigate geopolitical uncertainty and build relationships and platforms to enable constructive public policy conversations.
Rebecca has held roles in government, trade association, and non-profit settings for over two decades, including at the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, and the Information Technology Industry Council.
A Cleveland native, Ms. Karnak earned her B.A. in English with a Spanish minor from the Ohio State University, and her M.A. in international affairs with proficiency certification in both Mandarin and Spanish from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).