Dr. Jean Marie Malecki is an American public health official who was among the first physicians to deal with a bioterrorism attack in the United States. Dr. Malecki has been the Director of the Palm Beach County Health Department since 1991 and is the Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine. The American Public Health Association also honored Malecki in 2004 by profiling her in "The Faces of Public Health," a book published by Pfizer celebrating 25 individuals in the public health field from across the United States.