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 | Paula Garcia Tufro |
| Deputy Homeland Security Advisor for Resilience and Response/Special Assistant to the President, NSC | Caitlin Durkovich |
| Senior Director for Global Health Security and Biodefense/Special Assistant to the President, NSC | Raj Panjabi |
| Director, Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) | Harold Phillips |
| 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 | Tricia Schmitt Abumohor |
| Associate Director, Health Programs, OMB | Topher Spiro |
| Deputy Associate Director, Health Division, Health Programs, OMB | Tom Reilly |
| 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 |
| Science Advisor to the President | Francis Collins |
| Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) | Arati Prabhakar |
| Principal Assistant Director for National Security and International Affairs, National Security and International Affairs Division, OSTP | Vacant |
| COVID-19 Response Coordinator | Ashish Jha |
| 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 Health Diplomacy, Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy (OGAC) | John Nkengasong |
| Coordinator for Global COVID Response and Health Security | Mary Beth Goodman |
| Director, Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources | Dafna Rand |
| Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues | Geeta Rao Gupta (Designate) Katrina Fotovat (senior official) |
| Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs | Michele Sison |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) | Monica Medina |
| Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science, Space, and Health, OES | Jim Levy |
| Director, Office of International Health and Biodefense, OES | Jim Levy |
| Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights | Uzra Zeya |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | Erin Barclay (senior official) |
| Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons | Jessica Stern |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration | Julieta Valls Noyes |
| U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID)* | |
| Administrator | Samantha Power |
| Deputy Administrator for Management and Resources | Paloma Adams-Allen |
| Deputy Administrator for Policy and Programming | Isobel Coleman |
| Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, Office of the Administrator | Jamille Bigio |
| Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health (GH); Child and Maternal Survival Coordinator | Atul Gawande |
| Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, GH | Vacant |
| Deputy Assistant Administrator, GH | Natasha Bilimoria |
| Deputy Assistant Administrator, GH | Melissa Jones |
| Deputy Assistant Administrator, GH | Katie Kampf |
| Deputy Assistant Administrator, GH | Julie Wallace |
| U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator, GH | David Walton |
| Director, Center for Innovation and Impact, GH | Amy Lin |
| Director, Office of Country Support, GH | Karla Fossand |
| Director, Office of Health Systems , GH | Mai Hijazi |
| Director, Office of HIV/AIDS, GH | Han Kang |
| Director, Office of Infectious Disease, GH | Paul Mahanna |
| Director, Office of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition, GH | Nancy Lowenthal |
| Director, Office of Policy, Programs, and Planning, GH | Nicholas Enrich |
| Director, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, GH | Shyami de Silva |
| Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (RFS) | Dina Esposito |
| 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 |
| Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation (DDI) | Karl Fickenscher |
| Acting U.S. Government Special Advisor on Children in Adversity; Director, Inclusive Development Hub, DDI | Rebecca Levy |
| Agency Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Coordinator | Paul Bolton |
| DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) | |
| Secretary | Xavier Becerra |
| Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs, 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 |
| 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 | Nirav Shah |
| Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases | Jay Butler |
| Deputy Director for Global Health | Howard Zucker |
| Director, Office of Readiness and Response | Henry Walke |
| Director, Washington Office | Jeff Reczek |
| Director, Global Health Center (GHC) | Denise Cardo |
| Director, Division of Global Health Protection, GHC | Simon Agolory |
| Director, Division of Global HIV and TB, GHC | Hank Tomlinson |
| Director, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, GHC | Monica Parise |
| Director, Global Immunization Division, GHC | John Vertefeuille |
| Director, Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) | Vivien Dugan |
| HHS/NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) | |
| Director | Lawrence Tabak |
| Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) | Hugh Auchincloss |
| 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 | Richard Koup |
| Director, Office of AIDS Research (OAR); NIH Associate Director for AIDS Research | Bill Kapogiannis |
| Director, Fogarty International Center (FIC); NIH Associate Director for International Research | Peter Kilmarx |
| Deputy Director, FIC | Rachel Sturke |
| 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 | Leonardo Cubillos |
| HHS/FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) | |
| Commissioner | Robert Califf |
| 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 | Carole Johnson |
| Associate Administrator, Bureau of HIV/AIDS | Laura Cheever |
| Director, Office of Global Health, Office of Special Health Initiatives | Carla Haddad |
| DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DoD) | |
| Secretary | Lloyd J. Austin III |
| Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Personnel and Readiness (P&R) | Lester Martinez-Lopez |
| Director, Global Health Engagement Division, Health Affairs, P&R | Chris Daniel |
| Commander, Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) | William Deniston |
| Director, DoD HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP) | Brad Hale |
| Commander, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) | Chad Koenig |
| Director, U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) | Julie Ake |
| Chief, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division (AFHSD) | Patrick Kennedy |
| Chief, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS), AFHSD | Matthew Kasper |
| 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 | Alice Albright |
| Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)*: Vice President, Department of Policy and Evaluation | Alicia Phillips Mandaville |
| Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)*: Vice President, Department of Compact Operations | Cameron Alford |
| 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 | George Scott (interim) |
| 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 |
| 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 | Andrew Baukol |
| U.S. Executive Director, World Bank | Adriana Kugler |
| NOTES: * indicates an independent or quasi-independent agency. Acting officials in italics. Officials who the White House has signaled it intends to nominate or who are formally awaiting Senate confirmation are noted as “Designate.” tbd means to be determined. As of April 10, 2023. Also see USAID, Global Health User’s Guide: About GH, available at: https://gh-usersguide.usaid.gov; 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. | |