Staff

Jenna Bimbi - Founder and Co-Executive Director

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Jenna is the Executive Director of the NY Birth Control Access Project and has spent her career building and cultivating dynamic teams to effect change.

Before founding NYBCAP, Jenna was the Deputy Executive Director of a non-profit transit project where she developed the strategy to engage local leaders, community groups and elected officials in support of an innovative light rail proposal to connect Brooklyn and Queens.

Prior to that, Jenna organized impactful community based political campaigns with a political consulting firm. In multiple capacities Jenna produced high quality, cross functional winning campaigns across New York City and State. Having started her career at the grassroots level, Jenna recognizes the value of driving messaging one person at a time to create meaningful change.

Jenna moved to New York City in 2006 as a part of Teach for America, where she taught middle school in the Bronx. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Kansas and a master’s degree in teaching.

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Rochelle Rodney - Co-Executive Director

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Rochelle is the Co-Executive Director at the NY Birth Control Access Project and has been with the organization since its inception. She is critical to our success and assists in the development of programming and key day-to-day operations. Rochelle tackles barriers to birth control with a holistic view and through the Reproductive Justice framework.

Rochelle created our Associate Board from scratch and has spearheaded the entirety of programming and the recruitment of advocates. Driving the relational organizing programs at NYBCAP, Rochelle is building a corps of activists with the energy and know-how to grow the reproductive health care movement. Since 2021, our Associate Board has trained over 250 advocates and each year the ranks grow. Through social media initiatives like the “Tell Your Story” campaign, Rochelle has brought to light powerful stories of access issues facing people across New York State.

Prior to joining NYBCAP, Rochelle interned at Protecting the East, a community health project based in East New York, and and was a Resident Assistant at Monroe Community College and Buffalo State University - in both roles she led workshops on the importance of safe sex and healthy relationships.

Rochelle was born in Jamaica and grew up in East New York, Brooklyn. She holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from Buffalo State University.

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Isabella Grullon - Fellow, Legislative Education and Advocacy Program

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Isabella is a sophomore studying Political Science at Hunter College. After the Dobbs v. Jackson decision she wanted to take action, and she joined NYBCAP to strengthen and expand reproductive rights.

Isabella works under the guidance of Jenna Bimbi, the Executive Director, and assists with grassroots organizing, legislative initiatives, and policy research.

Izza Malik - Program Director of PAC:TAP

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Izza is a senior studying Sociology, with minors in Political Science, and Chemistry at Stony Brook University. Izza joined NYBCAP to learn about reproductive health care as it relates to her future professional interests, and to educate others on the effect health policy has on equitable, and attainable medical services.

Izza works under the guidance of Rochelle Rodney, the Director of Advocacy, and assists with the CWEC Campaign, grassroots organizing, and digital advocacy.

Tammy Zhao, Fellow, Campuses with Emergency Contraception and Opill Access Initiative

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Tammy is a sophomore studying health and nutritional sciences with a concentration in public health at Brooklyn College under the Macaulay Honors program. Tammy joined NYBCAP because of her passion towards equitable access to health care and services. She is excited to see how the public health concepts she learns in the classroom translates to actionable steps towards reproductive justice at NYBCAP.

Tammy works under the direction of the the Co-Executive Directors, and assists with the CWEC Campaign and the Opill Access Initiative.

Sarah Rowen - Director of Development

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Sarah is the Development Director of NY Birth Control Access Project and the Founder and Principal of Rowen Strategies, a development agency that serves women candidates and reproductive rights focused organizations.

Prior to joining NYBCAP, Sarah served as a Program Officer for The Ascend Fund, a collaborative fund dedicated to achieving gender parity in state legislatures, and as the Executive Director of Vote Mama, a national organization that works to elect moms with young children.

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Alumni Fellows

Moza Mendes - Fellow, Development & Fundraising

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Moza is a recent graduate of SUNY Purchase College with a degree in Sociology and is a first-year Masters in Public Health Candidate at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Moza joined NYBCAP because the organization's mission to increase access to birth control aligns with her values and career pursuits; she loves being part of NYBCAP because she can implement real world reproductive health initiatives for those that need it the most.

Moza works under the guidance of Sarah Rowen, the Director of Development, and assists with NYBCAP’s fundraising process including grant writing, donor outreach, and in collaboration with the Executive Director.

Sarah Argüelles - Fellow, Communications

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Sarah is a second year graduate student at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) studying Forensic Psychology. Sarah joined as a volunteer on the Associate Board and was later elevated to a Fellowship position.

Sarah worked under the guidance of Jenna Bimbi, the Co-Executive Director, and assisted with press and communications in order to promote the work of NYBCAP.

Board of Directors

Pamela Brier, Chair

Former CEO and President, Maimonides Medical Center

Corinne Roller

Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs, Global Strategies

Tannuja Rozario, PhD

Associate Director of Research, Everytown for Gun Safety; Adjunct Professor at John Jay College

Lisa Landau

General Counsel, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Dr. April Lockley

Medical Director, Public Health Solutions

Matthew Lundy

Vice President, TD Bank

Dr. Kathleen Morrell

Family Planning Director, Maimonides Medical Center

Pascale Saintonge Austin

Director of Family Planning and Pregnancy Prevention Programs, Children's Aid

Meet a few NYBCAP Associate Board members

Humyra Ali

I am eager to be a member of the NYBCAP Associate Board because they are fostering an environment that will give me the support and tools necessary to grow and explore my career and interests in healthcare. I have seen many individuals struggle with accessing reproductive healthcare, and it is a growing issue in our communities. Working with NYBCAP will allow me to be a part of breaking down some of these barriers that are prevalent in public health.

Destiny Ferguson

I was interested in joining the Associate Board of NYBCAP because as a female, growing up in the inner city, I know having the right methods of birth control and being able to afford it matters. My goals align with NYBCAP, as I believe that barriers preventing people from getting necessary care should not continue to persist. I know birth control can offer a range of benefits beyond pregnancy prevention, something that I have learned from my own experience.

Jillian Henrique

My interest in reforming the health care system in any way that I can is motivated by personal experience. It was because of a close friend, who was struggling to access birth control, that I wanted to get involved in a movement like NYBCAP. Her story motivated me because all New Yorkers deserve to have access to birth control.

Tina Vo

NYBCAP reached out to me and I was immediately interested in joining the Associate Board. I’ve had personal struggles of getting access to birth control and I believe being part of an organization like this will positively impact people like me that experienced the same obstacles. Coming from a conservative and traditional immigrant family that doesn’t talk about sex education or birth control, I’m really looking forward to learning more and to help spread the important knowledge to the people that don’t have birth control access.