US Government Positions and Global Health Officers

White House / Executive Office of the President National Security Advisor / Assistant of 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 American commercial representative, the United States Office Commercial representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsios Director, Office of the Pandemic Preparation and Response Policy (OPPR) Vacant State department Secretary of state Marco Rubio Permanent American representative at the United Nations, an American mission to the United Nations Mike Waltz (designates)
Dorothy Shea A senior official, under-secretary to foreign assistance, humanitarian affairs and religious freedom Jeremy Lewin Official Seffical and ALIDIDE COOPATIOR Globally Jeffrey Graham Main deputy coordinator of PEPFAR, World Health and Diplomacy Safety Office Rebecca Bunnell Principal Advisor to World Health Security and Diplomacy, World Security and Diplomacy Office Brad Smith High official of the office, office of democracy, human rights and work Jacob McGee Official Office of the Office, Population Office, Refugees and Migration Spencer Chretien Senior deputy director, Office of Global Women’s Katrina Office of office, Bureau of International Affriales McCoy Pitt The Deputy 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. Deputy Secretary for Global Affairs, Office of Global Affairs (OGA) Vacant Deputy Health Secretary Dorothy Fink General surgeon Casey means (designate) Main deputy deputy secretary for preparation and response, office of the deputy secretary for preparation and response (ASPR) John Knox Director, Center for the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (Barda), Aspr Gary Dissout HHS / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Jim O’Neill Director, preparation and response office Henry Walke Director, office of Washington Jeff Reczek Director, Global Health Center (GHC) Paige Alexandra Armstrong Director, World Protection Division, GHC Benjamin park Director, Global HIV and TB division, GHC Hank Tomlinson Director, Division of World Immunization, GHC John Vertefeuille Director, division of parasitic diseases and malaria, National Center for emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases (NCEZID) Simon Agolory Director, Division of the flu, 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, AIDS Division, 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); Associate director of NIH 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 Satisfy 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 Commissioner associated with global policy and strategy Mark Abdoo HHS / Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Administrator Thomas Engels Associate administrator, HIV / AIDS office Heather Hauck Director, Office of Global Health, Office of Special Health Initiatives Melissa Ryan Kemburu Department of Defense (DOD) / War Department Secretary Pete Hegseth Deputy Secretary for Defense for Health Affairs, Staff and Preparation (P&R) Keith Bass (designates)
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, US Military VIH Research Program (MHRP) Julie AKE Chief, Division of Health Surveillance of the Armed Forces (AFHSD) Richard Langton Chef, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS), AFHSD Vacant Other agencies and departments Peace Corps *: Director Paul Shea Council of Inspectors General on integrity and efficiency *: Chairman, Committee for the Pandemic Response Responsibility Michael Horowitz Council of Inspectors General on integrity and efficiency *: Executive Director, Pandemic Response Responsibility Committee Kenneth Dieffenbach Department of Agriculture (USDA): secretary Brooke Rollins Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) *: Deputy administrator for international and tribal affairs Vacant Department of Internal Security (DHS): chief doctor Dev Jani Notes: acting officials in italics. The civil servants that the White House reported intend to name or who officially await confirmation of the Senate are noted as “designated”. TBD means being determined. Since September 5, 2025. See also NIH/FIC, Global Health Initiatives at NIH, available on: https://www.fic.nih.gov/global/global-health-nih/pages/institte-ter-ics-global-health.aspx.