Leadership

Dr. John Dreyzehner, MD, MPH, FACOEM is the director of the Center for Preparedness and Response (CPR). Dr. Dreyzehner is a highly respected national leader in the field of public health, with a career emphasis on preparedness and response, including serving as the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) Preparedness Policy Committee Chair, National Homeland Security Consortium Tri-Chair, and the NEMA-ASTHO-GHSAC Policy Committee Co-Chair.

Office of the Director

Director: John Dreyzehner, MD, MPH, FACOEM

• Deputy Director Management & Operations: Lovisa Romanoff, MS, MPH
  • Associate Director of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation: Emily Eisenberg Lobelo, MS, ScD
  • Associate Director of Communications: John P. Anderton, PhD, MPA
  • Associate Director of Management Resources (Acting): Monique Williams, BS, MPA
  • Associate Director of Information Resources: Chare Brown, BS, MBA, MPH
  • Workforce Relations Officer: Marvin (Bryan) Weekley
• Deputy Director: Ian Williams, PhD, MS
  • Associate Director of Science and Public Health Practice: Joanne Andreadis, PhD
  • Senior Advisor for Medical Care and Countermeasures: Joanna Prasher, PhD, MPH
  • Director of U.S. National Authority for Containment of Poliovirus: Lia Haynes Smith, PhD

Division of Emergency Operations

• Director: Chris Brown, PhD, MPH, CPH
  • Operations Branch, Branch Chief: Luis C. Poblano
  • Plans, Training, Exercise and Evaluation Branch, Branch Chief: David Kennedy, MBA
  • Resource Support Branch, Branch Chief: Bryan Taylor, MSS
  • Emergency Risk Communication Branch, Branch Chief: Dagny E.P. Olivares, MPA

Division of Select Agents and Toxins

• Director: Samuel Edwin, PhD
  • Program Management and Operations Branch, Branch Chief: Tammy Gorny, MPA
  • Operations Branch, Branch Chief: Von McClee, MS

Division of State and Local Readiness

• Director: Christine Kosmos, RN, BSN, MS
  • Applied Science and Evaluation Branch, Branch Chief: Rachel Avchen, PhD
  • Field Assignee Services Branch, Branch Chief: Randolph Daley, DVM, MPH
  • Program Implementation, Branch Chief: David Hunter, MPH, MSW, BA