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) | Robert O’Brien |
| Senior Director for Weapons of Mass Destruction and Biodefense, NSC | Anthony Ruggiero |
| Deputy Senior Director for Weapons of Mass Destruction and Biodefense, NSC | Ryan Tully |
| Director for Medical and Biodefense Preparedness Policy, NSC | David Wade |
| Director for Countering Biological Threats, NSC | Philip Ferro |
| Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs, NSC | Vacant |
| Director for Global Health and International Development, NSC | Vacant |
| Director for International Development, NSC | Elizabeth Cohan |
| Director for International Development, NSC | Mia Mitchell |
| Senior Director for International Organizations and Alliances, NSC | Jason Chao |
| Director for Humanitarian Coordination, NSC | Rachel Grant |
| Director, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) | Russ Vought |
| Associate Director for National Security Programs, OMB | Mike Duffey |
| 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 | Will Cole |
| Associate Director, Health Programs, OMB | Greg D’Angelo |
| 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 | Daniel Lee |
| Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) | Kelvin Droegemeier |
| Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs, National Security and International Affairs Division, OSTP | Vacant |
| Assistant Director, Biosecurity and Emerging Technologies, National Security and International Affairs Division, OSTP | Vacant |
| Senior Policy Advisor for Biodefense, National Security and International Affairs Division, OSTP | Ian Watson |
| DEPARTMENT OF STATE | |
| Secretary of State | Mike Pompeo |
| Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations, U.S. Mission to the United Nations | Kelly Craft |
| U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy, Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy (OGAC) | Deborah Birx |
| Principal Deputy Coordinator, OGAC | Angeli Achrekar |
| Director, Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources | Jim Richardson |
| Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues | Kelley Eckels Currie (Designate) |
| Special Representative for Global Food Security | Vacant |
| Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs | Kevin Edward Moley |
| 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 |
| Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights | Marshall Billingslea (Designate) |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | Robert Destro (Designate – Confirmed 9/18/19) |
| Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons | Vacant |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration | Ronald Mortensen (Designate) |
| U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID)* | |
| Administrator | Mark Green |
| Deputy Administrator | Bonnie Glick |
| Associate Administrator | Vacant |
| Chief of Staff | Bill Steiger |
| Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health (GH) | Irene Koek Alma Crumm Golden (Designate) |
| Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, GH | Vacant |
| Deputy Assistant Administrator, GH | Irene Koek |
| Deputy Assistant Administrator, GH | Kerry Pelzman |
| Deputy Assistant Administrator, GH | Monique Wubbenhorst |
| U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator, GH | Kenneth Staley |
| Deputy U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator, GH | Rick Steketee |
| Deputy Child and Maternal Survival Coordinator; Senior Advisor, GH | Elizabeth Fox |
| U.S. Government Special Advisor on Children in Adversity, GH | Sarah Gesiriech |
| Director, Center for Innovation and Impact, GH | David Stanton |
| Director, Office of Country Support, GH | Margaret Sancho |
| Director, Office of Health Systems (OHS), GH | Kelly Saldana |
| Deputy Director, OHS, GH | Jesse Joseph |
| Director, Office of HIV/AIDS (OHA), GH | Polly Dunford |
| Deputy Director, OHA, GH | Vacant |
| Deputy Director, OHA, GH | Clint Cavanaugh |
| 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 | Kate Crawford |
| Deputy Director, MCHN, GH | Anne Peniston |
| Deputy Director, MCHN, GH | Alyssa Leggoe |
| Chief, Child Health and Immunization Division, MCHN, GH | Carmen Tull |
| Chief, Maternal and Newborn Health Division, MCHN, GH | Ruth Madison |
| Chief, Nutrition and Environmental Health Division, MCHN, GH | Kellie Stewart |
| Chief, Research and Policy Division, MCHN, GH | Neal Brandes |
| Director, Office of Policy, Programs, and Planning, GH | Vacant |
| Director, Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH), GH | Ellen Starbird |
| Deputy Director, PRH, GH | Shyami De Silva |
| Deputy Director, PRH, GH | Kendra Phillips |
| Climate Integration Liaison, GH | Dennis Durbin |
| Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) | Tim Ziemer |
| Director, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), DCHA | Carol Chan |
| Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau of Policy, Planning and Learning | Chris Maloney |
| Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Food Security | Beth Dunford |
| Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment (E3) | Carrie Thompson Michelle Bekkering (Designate) |
| Director, Office of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, E3 | Diana Prieto |
| Senior USAID Gender Advisor | Bethany Kozma |
| Global Water Coordinator, E3 | Jennifer Mack |
| DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) | |
| Secretary | Alex Azar |
| Director, Office of Global Affairs (OGA) | Garrett Grigsby |
| Principal Deputy Director, OGA | Thomas Bryant Alexander |
| Deputy Director, OGA | Colin McIff |
| 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 Incident Command and Control, ASPR | Edward Gabriel |
| Director, Division of International Health Security, Office of Strategy, Policy, Planning, and Requirements, Office of Incident Command and Control, 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 | Jay Butler |
| Director, Washington Office | Anstice Brand Kenefick |
| Chief Medical Officer | Mitch Wolfe |
| Director, Center for Global Health (CGH) | Rebecca Martin |
| Principal Deputy Director, CGH | Barbara Marston |
| 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 |
| Lead, Global Disease Detection Operations Center, Division of Global Health Protection, CGH | Ray Arthur |
| 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 |
| 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 | Robert Croyle |
| 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 | Beverly Pringle |
| HHS/FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) | |
| Commissioner | Ned Sharpless |
| Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Legislation, and International Affairs | Anna Abram |
| Associate Commissioner for Global Policy and Strategy | Mark Abdoo |
| Associate Commissioner for Diplomacy and Partnerships | Mary Lou Valdez |
| HHS/HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (HRSA) | |
| Administrator | Thomas Engels |
| Associate Administrator, Bureau of HIV/AIDS | Laura Cheever |
| Director, Office of Global Health | Kerry Nesseler |
| DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DoD) | |
| Secretary | Mark Esper |
| Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy | John Rood |
| Under-Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (P&R) | James Stewart |
| 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) | Deydre Teyhen |
| Director, Division of Retrovirology; Director, U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) | Robert Gramzinski |
| 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 | 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 |
| Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)*: Vice President, Department of Policy and Evaluation | Thomas Kelly |
| Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)*: Vice President, Department of Compact Operations | Anthony Welcher |
| 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 | Chad McIntosh |
| 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 | Dimple Shah |
| 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 | Brent McIntosh (Designate – Confirmed 9/18/19) |
| Department of the Treasury: Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Investment Policy | Mitchell Silk (Designate) |
| Department of the Treasury: Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Development Policy | Matthew Haarsager |
| Department of the Treasury: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technical Assistance and Afghanistan | Larry McDonald |
| Department of the Treasury: Assistant Secretary for International Finance | Geoffrey Okamoto |
| Department of the Treasury: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Middle East and Africa | Anthony Marcus |
| U.S. Executive Director, World Bank | Erik Bethel (Alternate) Jennifer D. “DJ” Nordquist (Designate – Confirmed 9/12/19) |
| NOTES: * indicates an independent or quasi-independent agency. Acting officials in italics. Officials awaiting Senate confirmation are noted as “Designate.” As of September 10, 2019, except USAID Global Water Coordinator and U.S. Executive Director, World Bank updated September 12, 2019, and National Security Advisor updated September 18, 2019; also reflects officials confirmed by the Senate who have not yet assumed these roles with confirmation date noted. | |