Key Global Health Positions and Officials in the U.S. Government
| Position | Official |
| WHITE HOUSE/EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT | |
| Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs/National Security Advisor, National Security Council (NSC) | John Bolton |
| Special Assistant to the President; Senior Director for Weapons of Mass Destruction and Biodefense, NSC | Andrea Hall |
| Director for Medical and Biodefense Preparedness Policy, NSC | Luciana Borio |
| Director for Countering Biological Threats, NSC | Hillary Carter |
| Director for Global Health and International Development, NSC | Peter Mamacos |
| Director, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) | Mick Mulvaney |
| Associate Director for National Security Programs, OMB | Robert Blair |
| Deputy Associate Director, International Affairs Division, National Security Programs, OMB | Robert Fairweather |
| Chief, Economic Affairs Branch, International Affairs Division, National Security Programs, OMB | Fouad Saad |
| Program Examiner, International Affairs Division, National Security Programs, OMB | Will Cole |
| Associate Director, Health Programs, OMB | Joe Grogan |
| Deputy Associate Director, Health Division, Health Programs, OMB | Tom Reilly |
| Chief, Public Health Branch, Health Programs, OMB | Marc Garufi |
| Program Examiner, Public Health Branch, Health Programs, OMB | Nicholas Burton |
| U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) | Robert Lighthizer |
| Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, USTR | C.J. Mahoney |
| Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Innovation and Intellectual Property, USTR | Elizabeth L. Kendall |
| Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs, National Security and International Affairs Division, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) | Vacant |
| Assistant Director, Biosecurity and Emerging Technologies, National Security and International Affairs Division, OSTP | Gerald “Jerry” Epstein |
| Senior Policy Advisor for Biological Threat Defense, National Security and International Affairs Division, OSTP | Jean-Paul “JP” Chretien |
| DEPARTMENT OF STATE | |
| Secretary of State | Mike Pompeo |
| Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations, U.S. Mission to the United Nations | Nikki Haley |
| Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources | Vacant |
| Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights | Vacant |
| U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator; U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy | Deborah Birx |
| Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) | Vacant |
| Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science, Space, and Health, OES | Jonathan Margolis |
| Director, Office of International Health and Biodefense, OES | Jerry Mallory |
| Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs | Kevin Edward Moley |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration | Vacant |
| Special Representative for Global Food Security | Vacant |
| Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues | Vacant |
| Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons | Vacant |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | Vacant |
| U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID)* | |
| Administrator | Mark Green |
| Deputy Administrator | Bonnie Glick (Designate) |
| Associate Administrator | Vacant |
| Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health (GH) | Vacant |
| Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, GH | Irene Koek |
| Deputy Assistant Administrator, GH | Alma Crumm Golden |
| Deputy Assistant Administrator, GH | Kerry Pelzman |
| U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator, GH | Kenneth Staley |
| Deputy Child and Maternal Survival Coordinator; Senior Advisor, GH | Elizabeth Fox |
| Director, Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact, GH | David Milestone |
| Director, Office of Country Support, GH | Margaret Sancho |
| Director, Office of Health Systems (OHS), GH | Kelly Saldana |
| Deputy Director, OHS, GH | Beth Drabant |
| Director, Office of HIV/AIDS (OHA), GH | Doug Arbuckle |
| Deputy Director, OHA, GH | Lin Liu |
| Deputy Director, OHA, GH | Michele Russell |
| Director, Office of Infectious Disease (ID), GH | Paul Mahanna |
| Deputy Director, ID, GH | Megan Fotheringham |
| Deputy Director, ID, GH | Christina Chappell |
| Chief, Emerging Threats Division, ID, GH | Dennis Carroll |
| Chief, Malaria Division, ID, GH | Julie Wallace |
| Chief, Neglected Tropical Disease Division, ID, GH | Emily Wainwright |
| Chief, Tuberculosis Division, ID, GH | Cheri Vincent |
| Director, Office of Maternal/Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN), GH | Barbara Hughes |
| Deputy Director, MCHN, GH | John Borrazzo |
| Chief, Child Health and Immunization Division, MCHN, GH | Carmen Tull |
| Chief, Maternal and Newborn Health Division, MCHN, GH | Mary Ellen Stanton |
| Chief, Nutrition and Environmental Health Division, MCHN, GH | Anne Peniston |
| Chief, Research and Policy Division, MCHN, GH | Neal Brandes |
| Director, Office of Policy, Programs, and Planning, GH | Ben Gustafson |
| Director, Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH), GH | Ellen Starbird |
| Deputy Director, PRH, GH | Shyami De Silva |
| Deputy Director, PRH, GH | Kendra Phillips |
| Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau of Policy, Planning and Learning | Susan Fine |
| Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Food Security | Beth Dunford |
| Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) | Vacant |
| U.S. Government Special Advisor on Children in Adversity, GH; Chief, Empowerment and Inclusion Division, Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance, DCHA | Robert Horvath |
| Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Women’s Empowerment, Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment (E3) | Michelle Bekkering |
| Director, Office of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, E3 | Diana Prieto |
| Global Water Coordinator, E3 | James Peters |
| DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) | |
| Secretary | Alex Azar |
| Director, Office of Global Affairs (OGA) | Garrett Grigsby |
| Assistant Secretary for Health | Brett Giroir |
| Surgeon General | Jerome Adams |
| Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) | Robert Kadlec |
| Director, Office of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), ASPR | Rick Bright |
| Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy; Director, Office of Policy and Planning, ASPR | Sally Phillips |
| Director, Division of International Health Security, Office of Policy and Planning, ASPR | Maria Julia Marinissen |
| HHS/CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) | |
| Director | Robert Redfield |
| Principal Deputy Director | Anne Schuchat |
| Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases; Director, Office of Infectious Diseases | Sonja Rasmussen |
| Director, Washington Office | Mitch Wolfe |
| Director, Center for Global Health (CGH) | Rebecca Martin |
| Principal Deputy Director, CGH | Hamid Jafari |
| Deputy Director for Management and Overseas Operations, CGH | Ted Pestorius |
| Deputy Director for Strategy, Policy and Communication, CGH | Serena Vinter |
| Director, Division of Global Health Protection, CGH | Nancy Knight |
| Director, Division of Global HIV and TB, CGH | Hank Tomlinson |
| Director, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, CGH | Monica Parise |
| Director, Global Immunization Division, CGH | Will Schluter |
| Director, Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) | Daniel Jernigan |
| HHS/NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) | |
| Director | Francis Collins |
| Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) | Anthony Fauci |
| Principal Deputy Director, NIAID | Hugh Auchincloss |
| Deputy Director for Clinical Research and Special Projects; Director, Division of Clinical Research, NIAID | H. Clifford Lane |
| Associate Director for International Research Affairs, NIAID | F. Gray Handley |
| Director, Office of Global Research, Office of Science Management & Operations, NIAID | James Meegan |
| Director, Division of AIDS, NIAID | Carl Dieffenbach |
| Director, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID), NIAID | Emily Erbelding |
| Chief, Parasitology and International Programs Branch, DMID, NIAID | Lee Hall |
| Director, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID | John Mascola |
| Director, Office of AIDS Research (OAR); NIH Associate Director for AIDS Research | Maureen Goodenow |
| Director, Fogarty International Center (FIC) | Roger Glass |
| Director, Center for Global Health, Office of the Director, National Cancer Institute | Edward Trimble |
| Director, Office of Global Health, Office of the Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development | Vesna Kutlesic |
| Director, Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health, Office of the Director, National Institute of Mental Health | Andrea Beckel-Mitchener |
| HHS/FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) | |
| Commissioner | Scott Gottlieb |
| Deputy Commissioner for Global Regulatory Operations and Policy | Mark Abdoo |
| Associate Commissioner for International Programs | Mary Lou Valdez |
| HHS/HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (HRSA) | |
| Administrator | George Sigounas |
| Associate Administrator, Bureau of HIV/AIDS | Laura Cheever |
| Director, Office of Global Health | Kerry Nesseler |
| DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DoD) | |
| Secretary | James Mattis |
| Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy | John Rood |
| Under-Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (P&R) | Robert Wilkie |
| Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, P&R | Thomas McCaffery |
| Director, International Health Division, Health Affairs, P&R | Chris Daniel |
| Commanding Officer, Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) | Adam Armstrong |
| Director, DoD HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP) | Richard Shaffer |
| Commander, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) | Deborah Whitmer |
| Director, Division of Retrovirology; Director, U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) | Robert Gramzinski |
| Director, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch | Douglas Badzik |
| Director, Global Emerging Infections System (GEIS), Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch | Franca Jones |
| OTHER AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS | |
| Peace Corps*: Director | Jody Olsen |
| Peace Corps*: Director of Global Health and HIV Office, Office of Health Services | Marie McLeod |
| Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)*: Chief Executive Officer | Sean Cairncross (Designate) Jonathan Nash |
| Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)*: Vice President, Department of Policy and Evaluation | Thomas Kelly |
| Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)*: Vice President, Department of Compact Operations | Robert Blau |
| Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)*: Managing Director, MCC-PEPFAR Partnership | Agnieszka Rawa |
| Department of Agriculture (USDA): Secretary | Sonny Perdue |
| USDA: Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service | Ken Isley |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)*: Assistant Administrator for International and Tribal Affairs | Vacant |
| Department of Homeland Security (DHS): Chief Medical Officer | Duane Caneva |
| Department of Homeland Security (DHS): Assistant Secretary for International Engagement, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans | Vacant |
| Department of Labor (DoL): Deputy Under Secretary, Bureau of International Labor Affairs | Martha Newton |
| Department of Commerce: Assistant Division Chief, International Programs, Population Division, Census Bureau | Oliver Fischer |
| Department of the Treasury: Under Secretary for International Affairs | David Malpass |
| Department of the Treasury: Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Development | Heath Tarbert |
| Department of the Treasury: Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Development Policy | Geoffrey Okamoto |
| Department of the Treasury: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technical Assistance and Afghanistan | Larry McDonald |
| Department of the Treasury: Assistant Secretary for International Finance | Vacant |
| Department of the Treasury: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Middle East and Africa | Anthony Marcus |
| U.S. Executive Director, World Bank | Vacant |
| NOTES: * indicates an independent or quasi-independent agency. Acting officials in italics. Officials awaiting Senate confirmation are noted as “Designate.” As of May 22, 2018. | |
