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The CDC Leaders

Organizational Leaders Chart

Ileana Arias, PhD
Ileana Arias, PhD
Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Ileana Arias, PhD, became director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control in July 2005. She sits on the editorial boards of the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma; the Review of Aggression and Violent Behavior; and Violence and Victims.
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Stephanie B. Coursey Bailey, MD, MS
Stephanie B. Coursey Bailey, MD, MS
Chief, Office of Public Health Practice
Stephanie B. Coursey Bailey, MD, MS, began her appointment as CDC's chief in the Office of Public Health Practice in October 2006. Though this is her first position at CDC, Dr. Coursey Bailey shares a history of affiliations with CDC beginning in 1999.
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Jay M. Bernhardt, PhD, MPH
Jay M. Bernhardt, PhD, MPH
Director, National Center for Health Marketing
Jay M. Bernhardt, PhD, MPH, became director of the National Center for Health Marketing in August 2005. He is passionate about mentoring students and was an original founder of the National Public Health Student Caucus of the American Public Health Association (APHA), now the Student Assembly of APHA.
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Richard E. Besser, MD
Richard E. Besser, MD
Director, Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response
Richard Besser, MD, took the helm as director of the Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, two hours before Hurricane Katrina hit on August 29, 2005.
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Deborah Birx, MD
Deborah Birx, MD
Director, Global AIDS Program (GAP)
Deborah Birx, MD, is a renowned national and international expert in the field of HIV/AIDS. Since 2006, Doctor Birx has served as the Director of the CDC′s Global AIDS Program which implements integrated HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care, and support programs and services and works with Ministries of Health to develop sustainable public health systems.


Stephen B. Blount, MD, MPH
Stephen B. Blount, MD, MPH
Director, Coordinating Office for Global Health
Stephen Blount, MD, MPH, became director of the Office for Global Health in 1997. As part of an agency-wide transformation began in 2003, he has led the reorganization of his office's international activities.
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Christine M. Branche
Christine M. Branche, PhD
Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Christine M. Branche, PhD, is the Acting Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Dr. Branche began her career at CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer in the U.S. Public Health Service in the Division of Injury Epidemiology and Control.
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Burma Burch, MSA, BBA
Burma Burch, MSA, BBA
Associate Director for Management, Office of the Director (OD)
Ms. Burch began her CDC career in 1978 working in personnel management. She then worked in the immunization program where she learned to appreciate the dynamics and power of communities, participated in the effort to eradicate smallpox, and addressed many issues associated with the emergence of Legionnaires' disease.
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Gilbert Camacho, MS
Gilbert Camacho, MS
Director, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity
Gilbert Camacho, MS, is director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity. His appointment, which began October 2005, is his first position at CDC.
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Galen P. Carver, MS, PE
Galen P. Carver, MS, PE
Director, Atlanta Human Resources Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Galen Carver is responsible for providing strategic and operational direction to ensure effective human resources services for the CDC and ATSDR. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Carver was responsible for business and management innovations within the Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response. Prior to joining CDC, he was a civilian with the Department of the Navy for 23 years.
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Casey Chosewood, MD
Casey Chosewood, MD
Director, Office of Health and Safety
Since April 2005, Dr. Casey Chosewood´s job has been to make CDC a safer, healthier place in which to work, safeguarding the wellbeing of each member of the CDC family. He came to CDC in early 2002 as the Medical Director of CDC´s Occupational Health Clinics and worked there for approximately 18 months before coming to OHS.
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Mitchell L. Cohen, MD
Rear Admiral Mitchell L. Cohen, MD, USPHS
Director, Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Assistant Surgeon General
In 2004, Mitchell L. Cohen, MD, became director of the Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases. He is a fellow in the American College of Physicians, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the American Academy of Microbiology.
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Janet Collins, PhD
Director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
In July 2005, Janet Collins, PhD, was named director of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Most recently, she had served as acting director of the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention.
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Carlton Duncan, MSPH
Deputy, Chief Operating Officer
As Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Carlton Duncan provides leadership in management and operations to CDC's coordinating centers, institutes and offices, specifically in the areas of security, alternative dispute resolution, facilities, equal employment opportunities, ethics, and human resources issues. His first job at CDC was as a program representative in the Venereal Disease Control Program, currently known as the STD Control Program.
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Henry Falk, MD, MPH
Henry Falk, MD, MPH (RADM, USPHS)
Director, Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention
Henry Falk, MD, MPH, serves as the director of the Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention. A 30-year veteran of the US Public Health Service, Dr. Falk's service culminated with his promotion to rear admiral and an appointment as Assistant US Surgeon General.
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Kevin Fenton, MD, PhD
Kevin Fenton, MD, PhD
Director, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Kevin Fenton, MD, PhD, serves as the director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), a position he has held since November 2005.
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Howard Frumkin, MD, MPH, DrPH
Howard Frumkin, MD, MPH, DrPH
Director, National Center for Environmental Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
On September 2005, Howard Frumkin, MD, MPH, DrPh, was appointed director of the National Center for Environmental Health, ATSDR. He is also an internist, environmental and occupational medicine specialist, and epidemiologist.
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Louise Galaska
Louise Galaska
Chief Management Official, Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention
Louise Galaska is responsible for improving business services, practices, and systems through effective and efficient strategic thinking, critical analysis, resource and performance management, change leadership, policy development, communications and coalition building.
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Donna Garland
Donna Garland
Director, Office of Enterprise Communication
Donna Garland serves as the first director of CDC's Office of Enterprise Communication. Since January 2005, she has assumed responsibility for the development and functioning of the office, which became an officially recognized function in September 2005.
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Julie Louise Gerberding, MD, MPH
Julie Louise Gerberding, MD, MPH
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
CDC Director Julie Louise Gerberding, MD, MPH, has led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and been the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) since July 2002.
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William (Bill) H. Gimson, MBA
William (Bill) H. Gimson, MBA
Chief Operating Officer
In January 2003, William (Bill) H. Gimson was appointed as CDC's chief operating officer--a position responsible for the overall operations of the agency.
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Barbara Harris
Barbara Harris, CPA
Chief Financial Officer/Acting Director of the Financial Management Office
As the Chief Financial Officer for CDC, Harris helps to ensure that the agency exhibits the highest degree of financial integrity and fiscal stewardship of the public funds entrusted to it. She joined CDC as a Management Analyst with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in 1988.
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Walter Harris
Walter Harris, MBA
Chief Management Official, Coordinating Center for Health Information Service
Walter Harris began his position as the Chief Management Official for the Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service (CCHIS) in February 2008. He brings with him more than 20 years of leadership experience in the private sector and in the federal government in managing healthcare management, information technology (IT), and organizational development for large and small organizations.
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Judy Kenny, MS, MPA
Judy Kenny, MS, MPA
Director, Information Technology Services Office
As director of CDC´s Information Technology Services Office (ITSO), Judy Kenny oversees IT infrastructure. She came to CDC in 1971 as a clerk stenographer in the Immunization Program. A few years later, she accepted a position as a computer trainee.
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Rima Khabbaz, MD
Rima Khabbaz, MD
Director, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases
Rima Khabbaz, MD, serves as the director for the National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID). She is also a clinical assistant professor of medicine at Emory University and is board-certified in internal medicine.
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Muin J. Khoury, MD, PhD
Muin J. Khoury, MD, PhD
Director, National Office of Public Health Genomics
Muin J. Khoury, MD, PhD, is the founding director of the CDC's National Office of Public Health Genomics, formed in 1997. The office is responsible for assessing the impact of the advances in human genetics and the Human Genome Project on public health and disease prevention.
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Lonnie King, DVM
Lonnie King, DVM
Director, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases
Lonnie King , DVM, is the agency’s senior veterinarian and the director of the newly formed National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases (ZVED). ZVED provides leadership, expertise and service in laboratory and epidemiological science, bioterrorism preparedness, applied research, disease surveillance and outbreak response for infectious diseases.
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Alan A. Kotch, MBA
Alan A. Kotch, MBA
Director, Procurement and Grants Office (PGO) Mr. Kotch began his career at CDC in June 2002 as a team leader in PGO. Recently, he has been involved in the business process re-engineering of PGO, which began in 2004. These efforts included reorganizing the structure of PGO to be better aligned with their customers, and implementing a knowledge management tool through the PGO Intranet website.
Crayton Lankford, MBA
Crayton Lankford, MBA
Chief Management Officer, Coordinating Office of Global Health
As Chief Management Officer for the Coordinating Center for Global Health, Crayton Lankford helps CDC maximize health impact per dollar invested through the use of modern business systems and practices. Mr. Lankford came to CDC from the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture where he was the Deputy Regional Administrator in Atlanta.
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Crayton Lankford, MBA
Mary I. Lambert, MN, RN
Chief Management Official, Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response
CAPT Mary Lambert, MN, RN, Chief Management Official in the Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, began her second assignment with CDC in January 2008. Most recently she served as the Deputy CMO for the Coordinating Center for Health Information. CAPT Lambert has a long history of work in service programs providing for health care needs and addressing public health issues
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Leslie Lenert, MD, MS
Leslie Lenert, MD, MS
Director of the National Center for Public Health Informatics
Prior to this appointment, he served as Director for the Health Services Research and Development section of the Veterans Medical Research Foundation, Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Staff Physician at the VA San Diego Healthcare System and Associate Director of Medical Informatics at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (CalIT 2).
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Ruth Martin
Ruth Martin
Chief Management Officer, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion
Ruth Martin serves as the Chief Management Officer (CMO) for CDC′s Coordinating Center for Health Promotion (CCHP). In this role, she is responsible for CoCHP′s business operations, including human resources, budget, finance, information technology, health and safety, procurement, facilities and administrative services.
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Reginald R. Mebane, MS
Reginald R. Mebane, MS
Chief Management Officer, Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases
As Chief Management Officer for the Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases since February 2005, Reginald Mebane has direct authority for business operations, including human capital, information technology, grants, facilities, administrative services.
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James A. Nelson, PhD
James A. Nelson, PhD
Chief Diversity Officer, Office of the Chief Diversity Officer
James A. Nelson, Sr., Ph.D., was appointed Chief Diversity Officer on October 1, 2007. Dr. Nelson has achieved a distinguished career in the field of Diversity Education and Training and Development. He received a Master of Science degree in Management from Central Michigan University and a Ph.D. in Higher Education from Ohio University.
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Bill Nichols, MPA
Bill Nichols, MPA
Chief Management Official, Coordinating Office for Global Health
William P. (Bill) Nichols is Chief Management Official for the Coordinating Office for Global Health. Previously, he served as Director of the agency′s Procurement and Grants Office (2004-2006), as Director of the Financial Management Office (2006-2008), and as Chief Management Official for the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (2002-2004) and the National Immunization Program (1995-2001).
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Bradley Perkins, MD, MBA
Bradley Perkins, MD, MBA (CAPT, USPHS)
Chief, Office of Strategy and Innovation
Bradley A. Perkins, MD, MBA, is CDC’s Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, and Chief, Office of Strategy and Innovation (OSI), Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Tanja Popovic, MD, PhD
Tanja Popovic, MD, PhD, F(AAM), AM(AAFS)
Chief Science Officer
Tanja Popovic, MD, PhD, serves as CDC's chief science officer. She is also an associate editor for Emerging Infectious Diseases, a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, and associate member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
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William T. (Bill) Porter, JD
William T. (Bill) Porter, JD
Director, Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness
As the director of the Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness, William Porter´s responsibilities include "safeguarding the science" and those who conduct it by providing the CDC with the professional protection necessary in a post ´9/11´ world. Mr. Porter came to CDC in November 1979 as the chief of Real Property and Space Management.
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Anne Schuchat, MD (RADM, USPHS)
Anne Schuchat, MD (RADM, USPHS)
Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Assistant Surgeon General
Anne Schuchat, MD (RADM, USPHS), became director of CDC´s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases in November 2005. She also currently serves as a visiting professor for the Beijing Centers for Disease Prevention and Control.
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Jim Seligman, MS
Jim Seligman, MS
Chief Information Officer
As Chief Information Officer since June 1999, James Seligman provides leadership for the agency's overall information technology program, including IT architecture; IT capital investment management, policy and standards development; information security; IT workforce development; and other enterprise activities.
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Donald Shriber, JD, MPH
Donald Shriber, JD, MPH
Director, CDC Washington Office
Since 1996, Donald Shriber, JD, MPH, has represented the CDC Director and Centers before Congress, the Administration, and non-governmental entities, in his capacity of associate director for CDC/Washington.
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Steven L. Solomon, MD
Rear Admiral Steven L. Solomon, MD
Director, Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service, Assistant Surgeon General, USPHS
Steven L. Solomon, MD, has served as the director of the Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service since September 2005. He also has a clinical appointment at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
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Edward J. Sondik, PhD
Edward J. Sondik, PhD
Director, National Center for Health Statistics
Edward J. Sondik, PhD, came to CDC in 1997, when he began his appointment as the director of the National Center for Health Statistics. His center conducts a number of nationwide surveys that provide information on health status and on the healthcare system.
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Edward J. Sondik, PhD
Ed Sontag, EdD
Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of the Director
As Senior Advisor for Global Affairs, Ed Sontag, EdD, is reviewing current programs CDC-wide, exploring opportunities worldwide, and providing evaluations and recommendations to CDC leadership on achieving global health goals, global health preparedness, and global emergency response activities.
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Stephen B. Thacker, MD, MSc
Stephen B. Thacker, MD, MSc
Director, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Assistant Surgeon General (Ret.), USPHS
Stephen B. Thacker, MD, MSc, serves as director of the Office of Workforce and Career Development (OWCD), a position he has held since June 2004. He is a retired commissioned officer in the US Public Health Service and currently holds the grade of Assistant Surgeon General (Rear Admiral, Upper Half).
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Kathleen E. Toomey, MD, MPH
Kathleen E. Toomey, MD, MPH
Director, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion
Kathleen Toomey, M.D., M.P.H., serves as the director of the Coordinating Center for Health Promotion and is responsible for the management of the coordinating center that comprises the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (including the National Office of Public Health Genomics) and the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities.
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Edwin Trevathan, MD, MPH
Edwin Trevathan, MD, MPH
Director, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Edwin Trevathan, MD, MPH, returns to CDC as director of NCBDDD in July 2007. Prior to this, Dr. Trevathan served as a professor of neurology and pediatrics and director of the Division of Pediatric and Developmental Neurology at Washington University/St. Louis School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. He also served as the Neurologist-in-Chief at St. Louis Children´s Hospital.
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