Key Global Health Positions and Officials in the U.S. Government

WHITE HOUSE/EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT National Security Advisor/Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, National Security Council (NSC) Marco Rubio Director, Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) Vacant Director, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Russ Vought U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsios Director, Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR) Vacant DEPARTMENT OF STATE Secretary of State Marco Rubio Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations, U.S. Mission to the United Nations Mike Waltz (Designate)
Dorothy Shea Senior Official, Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs and Religious Freedom Jeremy Lewin Senior Bureau Official and Acting Global AIDS Coordinator, Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy Jeffrey Graham Principal Deputy Coordinator for PEPFAR, Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy Rebecca Bunnell Senior Advisor for Global Health Security and Diplomacy, Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy Brad Smith Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Jacob McGee Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Spencer Chretien Principal Deputy Director, Office of Global Women’s Issues Katrina Fotovat Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of International Organization Affairs McCoy Pitt Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) John Thompson DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs, Office of Global Affairs (OGA) Vacant Assistant Secretary for Health Dorothy Fink Surgeon General Casey Means (Designate) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) John Knox Director, Center for the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), ASPR Gary Disbrow HHS/CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) Director Jim O’Neill Director, Office of Readiness and Response Henry Walke Director, Washington Office Jeff Reczek Director, Global Health Center (GHC) Paige Alexandra Armstrong Director, Division of Global Health Protection, GHC Benjamin Park Director, Division of Global HIV and TB, GHC Hank Tomlinson Director, Global Immunization Division, GHC John Vertefeuille Director, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) Simon Agolory Director, Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) Vivien Dugan HHS/NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Jeffrey Taubenberger Director, Office of Global Research, NIAID Joyelle Dominique Director, Division of AIDS, NIAID Carl Dieffenbach Director, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID), NIAID John Beigel Director, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID Ted Pierson Director, Office of AIDS Research (OAR); NIH Associate Director for AIDS Research Geri Donenberg Director, Fogarty International Center (FIC); NIH Associate Director for International Research Peter Kilmarx 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 Marty Makary Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Legislation, and International Affairs Grace Graham Associate Commissioner for Global Policy and Strategy Mark Abdoo HHS/HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (HRSA) Administrator Thomas Engels Associate Administrator, Bureau of HIV/AIDS Heather Hauck Director, Office of Global Health, Office of Special Health Initiatives Melissa Ryan Kemburu DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DoD) Secretary Pete Hegseth Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Personnel and Readiness (P&R) Keith Bass (Designate)
Steve Ferrara Commander, Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) Eric Welsh Director, DoD HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP) Brad Hale Commander, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) Brianna Perata Director, U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) Julie Ake Chief, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division (AFHSD) Richard Langton Chief, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS), AFHSD Vacant OTHER AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS Peace Corps*: Director Paul Shea 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 Kenneth Dieffenbach Department of Agriculture (USDA): Secretary Brooke Rollins Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)*: Assistant Administrator for International and Tribal Affairs Vacant Department of Homeland Security (DHS): Chief Medical Officer Dev Jani Notes: 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 September 5, 2025. Also see NIH/FIC, Global Health Initiatives at NIH, available at: