Key Global Health Positions and Officials in the U.S. Government
| Position | Official |
| WHITE HOUSE/EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT | |
| National Security Advisor/Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, National Security Council (NSC) | Jake Sullivan |
| Senior Director for Development, Global Health, and Humanitarian Response/Special Assistant to the President, NSC | Linda Etim |
| Director for Humanitarian Coordination, NSC | Rachel Grant |
| Director for Global Health Response, NSC | Nidhi Bouri |
| Senior Director for Partnerships and Global Engagement/Special Assistant to the President, NSC | Vacant |
| Senior Director for Resilience and Response/Special Assistant to the President, NSC | Caitlin Durkovich |
| Director for Global Health, NSC | Ladan Fakory |
| Senior Director for Global Health Security and Biodefense, NSC | Elizabeth Cameron |
| Director for Medical and Biodefense Preparedness, NSC | Hilary Marston |
| Director for Biotechnology Risks and Biological Weapon Nonproliferation, NSC | Megan Frisk |
| Director for Countering Biological Threats and Global Health Security, NSC | Mark Lucera |
| Director/Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, National Economic Council (NEC) | Brian Deese |
| Director, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) | Shalanda Young |
| Associate Director for National Security Programs, OMB | Ed Meier |
| Deputy Associate Director, International Affairs Division, National Security Programs, OMB | Robert Fairweather |
| Chief, State Branch, International Affairs Division, National Security Programs, OMB | Joe Pipan |
| Program Examiner, International Affairs Division, National Security Programs, OMB | Daniel Gastfriend |
| Program Examiner, International Affairs Division, National Security Programs, OMB | Jennifer Liebschutz |
| Associate Director, Health Programs, OMB | Topher Spiro |
| 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 |
| Program Examiner, Public Health Branch, Health Programs, OMB | Cassie Boles |
| U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) | Katherine Tai |
| Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Innovation and Intellectual Property, USTR | Daniel Lee |
| Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) | Eric Lander (Designate) |
| Principal Assistant Director for National Security and International Affairs, National Security and International Affairs Division, OSTP | Aaron Miles |
| Assistant Director, Biotechnology & Biosecurity, National Security and International Affairs Division, OSTP | Vacant |
| COVID-19 Response Coordinator | Jeff Zients |
| Chief Medical Advisor to the President | Anthony Fauci |
| DEPARTMENT OF STATE | |
| Secretary of State | Antony Blinken |
| Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations, U.S. Mission to the United Nations | Linda Thomas-Greenfield |
| Special Presidential Envoy for Climate | John Kerry |
| U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy, Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy (OGAC) | Angeli Achrekar |
| Coordinator for Global COVID Response and Health Security | Gayle Smith |
| Director, Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources | Tracy Carson |
| Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues | Katrina Fotovat (senior official) |
| Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs | Michele Sison (Designate) Erica Barks-Ruggles (senior official) |
| U.S. Representative on World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board | Anthony Fauci Loyce Pace (alternate) |
| Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) | Monica Medina (Designate) Marcia Bernicat |
| Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science, Space, and Health, OES | Jonathan Margolis |
| Director, Office of International Health and Biodefense, OES | Eric Carlson |
| Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights | Uzra Zeya (Designate) Lisa Peterson (senior official) |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | Sarah Margon (Designate) Lisa Peterson |
| Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons | Vacant |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration | Nancy Izzo Jackson (senior official) |
| U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID)* | |
| Administrator | Samantha Power |
| Deputy Administrator | Vacant |
| Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator; Executive Director, USAID COVID-19 Task Force | Jeremy Konyndyk |
| Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health (GH); Child and Maternal Survival Coordinator | Kerry Pelzman |
| Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, GH | Vacant |
| Deputy Assistant Administrator, GH | Natasha Bilimoria |
| Deputy Assistant Administrator, GH | Kerry Pelzman |
| Deputy Assistant Administrator, GH | Carol Chan |
| U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator, GH | Raj Panjabi |
| Director, Center for Innovation and Impact, GH | Amy Lin |
| Director, Office of Country Support, GH | Margaret Sancho |
| Director, Office of Health Systems , GH | Kelly Saldana |
| Director, Office of HIV/AIDS, GH | Clint Cavanaugh |
| Director, Office of Infectious Disease, GH | Paul Mahanna |
| Director, Office of Maternal/Child Health and Nutrition, GH | Kate Crawford |
| Director, Office of Policy, Programs, and Planning, GH | Marita Eibl |
| Director, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, GH | Ellen Starbird |
| Associate Administrator for Relief, Response, and Resilience | Vacant |
| Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (RFS) | Jim Barnhart |
| Global Water Coordinator, RFS | Maura Barry Boyle (interim) |
| Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance | Sarah Charles |
| Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau of Policy, Planning and Learning | Michele Sumilas |
| Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation (DDI) | Karl Fickenscher |
| Deputy Assistant Administrator, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Hub and Inclusive Development Hub, DDI | Anthony Cotton |
| U.S. Government Special Advisor on Children in Adversity, Inclusive Development Hub, DDI | Vacant |
| DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) | |
| Secretary | Xavier Becerra |
| Director, Office of Global Affairs (OGA) | Loyce Pace |
| Assistant Secretary for Health | Rachel Levine |
| Surgeon General | Vivek Murthy |
| Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) | Dawn O’Connell (Designate) Nikki Bratcher-Bowman |
| Director, Office of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), ASPR | Gary Disbrow |
| HHS/CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) | |
| Director | Rochelle Walensky |
| Principal Deputy Director | Anne Schuchat (thru June) |
| Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases; Director, Office of Infectious Diseases | Jay Butler |
| Director, Washington Office | Jeff Reczek |
| Chief Medical Officer | Mitch Wolfe |
| Director, Center for Global Health (CGH) | Rebecca Martin |
| 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 |
| Director, High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology Division, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) | Inger Damon |
| Director, Center for Preparedness and Response | Kevin Cain |
| HHS/NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) | |
| Director | Francis Collins |
| Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) | Anthony Fauci |
| Associate Director for International Research Affairs, NIAID | F. Gray Handley |
| Director, Division of AIDS, NIAID | Carl Dieffenbach |
| Director, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID), NIAID | Emily Erbelding |
| 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); NIH Associate Director for International Research | Roger Glass |
| Deputy Director, FIC | Peter Kilmarx |
| Director, Division of International Relations, FIC | Christine Sizemore |
| Director, Center for Global Health, Office of the Director, National Cancer Institute | Satish Gopal |
| Director, Office of Global Health, Office of the Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development | Vesna Kutlesic |
| Director, Center for Global Mental Health Research, National Institute of Mental Health | Pim Brouwers (interim) |
| HHS/FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) | |
| Commissioner | Janet Woodcock |
| Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Legislation, and International Affairs | Andi Lipstein Fristedt |
| Associate Commissioner for Global Policy and Strategy | Mark Abdoo |
| HHS/HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (HRSA) | |
| Administrator | Diana Espinosa |
| Associate Administrator, Bureau of HIV/AIDS | Laura Cheever |
| Director, Office of Global Health | Adesuwa Adetosoye |
| DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DoD) | |
| Secretary | Lloyd J. Austin III |
| Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Personnel and Readiness (P&R) | Terry Adirim |
| 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) | Clinton Murray |
| Director, U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) | Julie Ake |
| Director, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch (AFHSB) | Douglas Badzik |
| Director, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS), AFHSB | Billy Pimentel |
| OTHER AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS | |
| Peace Corps*: Director | Carol Spahn |
| Peace Corps*: Director of Global Health and HIV Office, Office of Health Services | Kechi Achebe |
| Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)*: Chief Executive Officer | Mahmoud Bah |
| Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)*: Vice President, Department of Policy and Evaluation | Thomas Kelly |
| Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)*: Vice President, Department of Compact Operations | Fatema Sumar |
| Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)*: Managing Director, MCC-PEPFAR Partnership | Agnieszka Rawa |
| Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency*: Chair, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee | Michael Horowitz |
| Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency*: Executive Director, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee | Bob Westbrooks |
| Department of Agriculture (USDA): Secretary | Tom Vilsack |
| USDA: Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service | Daniel Whitley |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)*: Assistant Administrator for International and Tribal Affairs | Jane Nishida (Designate) |
| Department of Homeland Security (DHS): Chief Medical Officer | Pritesh Gandhi |
| Department of Homeland Security (DHS): Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans | Serena Hoy |
| Department of Labor (DoL): Deputy Under Secretary, Bureau of International Labor Affairs | Thea Lee |
| Department of Commerce: Assistant Division Chief, International Programs, Population Division, Census Bureau | Oliver Fischer |
| Department of the Treasury: Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery | Brian Miller |
| Department of the Treasury: Under Secretary for International Affairs | Vacant |
| U.S. Executive Director, World Bank | Lea Bouzis |
| NOTES: * indicates an independent or quasi-independent agency. Acting officials in italics. Officials awaiting Senate confirmation are noted as “Designate.” tbd means to be determined. As of June 14, 2021. Also see USAID, Global Health User’s Guide: About GH, available at: https://gh-usersguide.usaid.gov/About_GH.aspx#; CDC, Center for Global Health Leadership, available at: https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/leadership/default.htm; NIH/FIC, Global Health Research Information by NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices, available at: https://www.fic.nih.gov/Global/Global-Health-NIH/Pages/institute-center-ics-global-health.aspx. | |