Leadership
Director: Dr. John Dreyzehner, MD, MPH, FACOEM
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.
CPR Leadership Team
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
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