Mina Q Malik

Mina Malik is the Executive Director of the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board, the largest police oversight agency in the nation which investigates allegations of police misconduct. Appointed in February of 2015, her role as Chief Executive Officer is to oversee the agency’s operations, and work with the Board in spearheading change, implementing new policy, and improving the organization at all levels. Ms. Malik has been a life-long dedicated public servant with a proven track record as a career prosecutor and creative innovator. Most recently, Ms. Malik served as Special Counsel to the District Attorney in the Kings County District Attorney’s Office where she counseled and assisted the newly-elected Brooklyn District Attorney in the day-to-day operations of the agency consisting of 1,200 employees. Ms. Malik was a vital member of the executive team and advised the District Attorney on the restructuring and reorganization of the agency, personnel matters, policy issues and wrongful conviction cases. Prior to her work in Brooklyn, Ms. Malik served as Senior Assistant District Attorney in the Queens County District Attorney’s Office where she prosecuted a broad range of felony cases and argued numerous appeals. Her concentration was in Special Victims where she oversaw the investigation, prosecution, and litigation of child homicides, child physical and sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and adult sex crimes. Ms. Malik served as a law clerk in the Law Offices of Plato Cacheris in Washington, D.C.; a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Reggie B. Walton of the District of Columbia Superior Court; and a Criminal Investigator for the D.C. Public Defender Service. Ms. Malik also serves as a faculty member of the Trial Advocacy Workshop at Harvard Law School’s Criminal Justice Institute. She is a graduate of Bates College, and received her J.D. from The American University Washington College of Law.