Joan Malin has been the President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of New York City (PPNYC) since 2000.
Prior to her appointment as President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of New York City, Ms. Malin served for four years as chief executive of the Bowery Residents' Committee (BRC), a multi-service agency with an annual client base of over 4,000. A veteran of three New York City mayoral administrations, she has overseen the delivery of home care and protective services for adults, managed the City's senior citizens centers, and worked extensively to address the needs of the City's homeless population. She last served the City as Commissioner of Homeless Services.
A Fulbright scholar, Ms. Malin holds a BA in Urban Studies from Case Western Reserve and a Masters in City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania. She has served on the boards of the Youth Services Opportunities Project and the Mary McDowell Center for Learning. Ms. Malin is also a past Adjunct Assistant Professor, Public Policy at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University.
Women do not want politicians to meddle in their personal medical decisions. We applaud and stand behind the Resolution 1635-A, calling upon the United States Congress to continue to fund comprehensive reproductive health care for all Americans.
It’s time to set aside politics and recommit ourselves – as a city, a state and a nation – to family planning and sexual health. As recently as the 1980s, these were civic ideals that united us. If the global community can revive them in 2012, so can we.
Open conversations about sex are critical to a relationship but can also be difficult to initiate. So this Valentine’s Day, how can you make these conversations easier on yourself and your partner?
Immigrant women we talked to in New York City feel alienated from what should in theory be some of the best medical care in the world.
