From the President and CEO |
Dear Friend,
Thank you for visiting Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin's web site. I invite you to take a good look around our web site. We welcome your comments and suggestions.
I am honored to serve as President and CEO of this important organization. I expect to be here for about a year while the board conducts a nation-wide search for a new CEO. In the meantime, the board of directors, staff and I are moving full steam ahead.
This is a time of great change and uncertainty for all of us. PPWI has been directly affected by the rising costs of providing care, changing trends in contraceptive use, a shortage of nurse practitioners and registered nurses (the primary providers of care in Planned Parenthood health centers) and unfavorable economic conditions. We are committed to moving PPWI to a position of strength over the next twelve months. To do so, we are creating new business strategies as well as evaluating all of our services to ensure we are serving our patients in the most efficient and sustainable ways possible.
Our mission remains strong and our vision remains clear. PPWI served more than 70,000 patients in 2007, built a new express care center in Milwaukee, reached nearly 15,000 kids and parents with our education programs and empowered more than 200 activists and advocates to protect our reproductive health and rights in the legislature. Like you, I am dedicated to seeing Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin thrive.
PPWI is fortunate to have dedicated health care providers who are serving Wisconsin women and families every day at our 31 health centers, as well as a core of staff educators and advocates who teach prevention and help us achieve our vision. But most of all, we are fortunate to have you.
Thank you for everything you do to help us advance our mission.
Sincerely yours,
Teresa Huyck
President and CEO
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