Staff
Jenna Bimbi - Founder and Co-Executive Director
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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.
Rochelle Rodney - Co-Executive Director
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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.
Isabella Grullon - Fellow, Legislative Education and Advocacy Program
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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 Malik, BA, is the Technical Assistance Program Director at NYBCAP. Izza is currently pursuing her MPH in Health Policy and Management at NYU School of Global Public Health. She received her Bachelor's Degree from SUNY Stony Brook University, majoring in Sociology, and minoring in Political Science and Chemistry.
Most recently, she has served as a Senior Fellow at NYBCAP, with focus on expanding reproductive healthcare access through peer education, policy reform, grassroots and digital advocacy. In the past, she has held several clinical positions, including as a pharmacy technician, served as a research assistant on neuroscience, and developmental psychopathology studies.
Tammy Zhao - Fellow, Campuses with Emergency Contraception and Opill Access Initiative
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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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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.
Paige Lederman - Program Associate
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Paige is a second year graduate student at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University studying public health. Paige joined NYBCAP to advocate for equitable reproductive health care.
As a Program Associate for PAC:TAP, Paige is involved in data management and outreach initiatives.
Alumni Fellows
Moza Mendes - Fellow, Development & Fundraising
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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 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.
Mayisa Rahman - Pharmacy Access to Contraception: Technical Assistance Program (PAC:TAP) Fellow
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Mayisa is a junior studying biology at Cornell University. Mayisas involvement with NYBCAP began as an associate board member 2 semesters ago, and one of her favorite memories with NYBCAP is being all together for Albany Day!
Katie McGann - Social Media Fellow
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Katie is a committed reproductive health advocate who joined the New York Birth Control Access Project’s Associate Board for the Fall 2024–Spring 2025 term. She is currently pursuing a Master’s in Public Policy at American University.
Ja’Nai DeSaussure - CWEC Fellow
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Ja’nai is a recent graduate of Lehman College, where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Public Health. She has been a NYBCAP fellow since June 2025. She is a native New Yorker from the Bronx and remains dedicated to making a positive impact in her hometown.
Ja’nai joined NYBCAP because of her passion for serving underserved communities and desire to create meaningful change in the community she is a part of. Through this fellowship she has been able to apply what she's learned to real-world situations and contribute to initiatives that directly impact the Bronx and beyond.