Jan Malcolm is chief executive officer of Courage Center, a nonprofit rehabilitation agency providing a broad range of therapy and other services for people with a wide array of disabilities, speech or vision impairment, or hearing loss. Founded in 1928, Courage Center’s mission is to empower people with disabilities to reach for their full potential in every aspect of life. Courage serves over 11,000 people annually. Jan is proud to bring her history of progressive leadership in health policy to this vital community resource with its deep legacy of service and innovation.
Prior to joining Courage Center, she was a senior program officer for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, N.J., where she helped develop funding initiatives to strengthen the nation’s public health system.
Jan served as Commissioner of Health for the State of Minnesota from 1999-2003. Highlights of her term as head of the state’s lead public health agency included passage of major budget initiatives in tobacco prevention and elimination of health disparities and implementation of cutting-edge strategies in those areas.
Previously, Jan was vice president of Public Affairs at Allina Health System and a senior vice president of Government Programs and Public Policy at HealthPartners. She has been active in state and national health care and public health associations and government commissions on health care access and quality. She currently serves as a board member of Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. (the county subsidiary corporation that operates the Hennepin County Medical Center), the Bush Foundation, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation, and Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North and South Dakota.
Malcolm received her B.A. in Philosophy and Psychology from Dartmouth College.