Ms. Frith Malin

September 10, 2008 
The Board of Directors of OPCD is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Frith Malin as Deputy Director

“I am excited and honored to be given the opportunity to work with a team of dedicated professionals at OPCD. E9-1-1 has been a bright spot in New Orleans’ recovery and rebuilding and I am honored to be able to work with the public safety agencies and employees in New Orleans.”

Ms. Malin is originally from New Orleans, was raised in Algiers, graduated from Ben Franklin Senior High School and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), and received her B.S. in Economics from UNO. Upon receiving her Masters in Economics from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, she started her public service career working for Tennessee State Government. Ms. Malin brings with her a wealth of expertise, not just in E9-1-1, but in public and economic policy as well.  As a Senior Research Associate for the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR), Ms. Malin researched and authored a report, The Funding and Creation of E9-1-1 Districts in Tennessee, which later received the Special Achievement Report from the Governmental Research Association.

In 1998, Ms. Malin drafted legislation creating a statewide E9-1-1 Board and implementing a statewide wireless E9-1-1 surcharge, and coordinated the passage of that bill. After receiving overwhelming bi-partisan support in both the House of Representatives and Senate of the Tennessee General Assembly Ms. Malin was appointed the first Executive Director of the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board. As State 9-1-1 Director, Ms. Malin implemented statewide wireless E9-1-1 Phase 1 service, and developed regulatory and program accountability standards. She was most recently the Enhanced 9-1-1 Manager for Snohomish County, Washington, a bedroom community north of Seattle, WA. As E9-1-1 Manager, Ms. Malin implemented wireless E9-1-1 Phase 2 and VoIP E9-1-1 service for the entire county. Ms. Malin also served as Chair of the Next Generation E9-1-1 subcommittee, which was responsible for developing a six-year implementation plan, including the build out of an IP network for the entire state. In addition, Ms. Malin implemented financial and program accountability standards, and was able to save the county over $1 million per year in cost savings for the E9-1-1 network.