Tamara Kreinin M.H.S.A.
Tamara Kreinin is the executive director of women and population at the United Nations Foundation. Her experience in health and human services spans more than 25 years. She speaks nationally and internationally on numerous topics related to social justice. These include sexual and reproductive health and rights; adolescent pregnancy, STD, HIV/AIDs and sexual abuse prevention; sexuality education; children in poverty; and advocacy. Ms. Kreinin is a critical resource and spokesperson on these issues for the press. Her numerous appearances include Good Morning America, The Today Show, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, National Public Radio and the BBC. She is a frequent source for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Washington Times, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Newsweek and the Associated Press, among other publications. Ms. Kreinin has traveled the globe as an advocate and public policy advisor on sexual and reproductive health and rights.
For the past two years Ms. Kreinin served as a consultant for nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, including a year as the interim executive director of the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers, whose members grant $4 billion each year, which has done significant work rebuilding New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.
For several years, Ms. Kreinin served as president/CEO of SIECUS, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, where she was a leader in the national dialogue on sexual health and rights. She significantly broadened its scope of programs, increased its budget and visibility and enhanced its education and information services for diverse communities across the U.S. and globally. Under her leadership SIECUS significantly expanded in international reach. Ms. Kreinin developed partnerships with the media, ranging from engaging teens through MTV to reaching parents through public television. Kreinin built a strong policy office in Washington, D.C. She supervised nearly 30 staff in two offices, in New York City and Washington, D.C.
Prior to joining SIECUS, Ms. Kreinin was the director of state and local affairs at the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, in Washington, D.C. There, she developed and implemented a comprehensive strategic plan for states and local communities to reduce teenage pregnancy. Ms. Kreinin was previously a senior program associate at the Southern Regional Project on Infant Mortality, where she organized and participated in legislative briefings on adolescent pregnancy prevention, welfare reform and children in out-of-home placement. She has advised governors, legislators, state and local public health officials and advocates on effective public health policy.
From 1990 to 1994, Ms. Kreinin was the founding executive director of the New Orleans Council for Young Children. While in Louisiana, she chaired the committee that distributed the Ryan White funds in the region. Ms. Kreinin is currently on the boards of the Center for Gender and Health Equality (CHANGE) and Inwood House.
Ms. Kreinin has served as a consultant in the areas of advocacy strategy, education, fund-raising and public relations. She has worked on numerous local, state and federal political campaigns. Throughout her career, Ms. Kreinin has been a passionate voice for social justice and social change.
Ms. Kreinin is the co-author of Girls’ Night Out, a book about women’s groups across America, published in August 2002 by Crown, Random House.
