[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 18 (Thursday, February 2, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E134]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO TERI HUYCK

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                            HON. GWEN MOORE

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, February 2, 2017

  Ms. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin (PPWI) 
President and CEO Teri Huyck will retire on February 3, 2017, after 
leading Wisconsin's largest most trusted non-profit health care 
organization for nine years.
  Teri Huyck came to Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin during a difficult 
time as interim director in 2008. She had been the Vice President and 
Chief Operating Officer of Planned Parenthood Chicago. Upon her 
arrival, the morale and financial stability of the Wisconsin Chapter of 
Planned Parenthood improved and eight months later, Teri Huyck dropped 
``interim'' from her title and officially took over as president and 
CEO. She began an aggressive fundraising campaign that raised an 
additional $500,000 and reorganized the organization.
  Currently, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin employs about 200 people 
and has a $21 million annual budget that comes from state and federal 
funding, Medicaid and private-pay patients and private donations. 
Planned Parenthood provides health care to about 70,000 men and women a 
year across the state providing services that include: annual exams, 
cancer screening, colonoscopies, pregnancy testing and counseling, 
sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment, and abortions. 
Family planning and prevention accounts for more than 95 percent of the 
services Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin performs. The organization 
gives out 200,000 cycles of birth control pills per year. The majority 
of the women and men who come here are not seeking an abortion.
  Ms. Huyck has made it her mission to be transparent and tells the 
unvarnished truth to everyone she meets. A self-proclaimed ``farm girl 
from Ohio,'' she joined the Planned Parenthood organization following a 
career as a hospital administrator in Ohio and Illinois who wanted to 
combine her skills in the health care field with her passion for 
women's issues. Teri remembers when Roe v. Wade was decided and learned 
her passion for women's issues from her mother. Teri's childhood friend 
was raped and as a result became pregnant in the mid-1970s. The friend 
chose abortion and was treated poorly. This incident left a lasting 
impression on her as well.
  Teri has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology with high honors from Ohio 
State University and a Master's degree in Hospital and Health 
Administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati.
  I am grateful to have had the opportunity to know and work with Teri 
since she assumed her role at Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. We have 
stood together on many issues to ensure both women and men in Wisconsin 
have access to health care. I join with her family, friends and 
colleagues to congratulate her on her retirement. I wish her much 
success as she transitions into a different phase of her life with her 
husband, Perry who recently retired, as well. Mr. Speaker, I am proud 
to honor Teri Huyck. The citizens of the Fourth Congressional District 
and the State of Wisconsin are privileged to have someone of her 
ability and dedicated service working on their behalf for so many 
years. I am honored for these reasons to pay tribute to Ted Huyck.

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