State and Territorial Health Officials

Alabama Department of Public Health

Scott Harris MD, MPH State Health Officer [BIO]

Alaska Department of Health

Anne Zink MD, FACEP Chief Medical Officer [BIO]

American Samoa Department of Health

Motusa Tuileama Nua Director, Department of Health [BIO]

Arkansas Department of Health

[BIO]

Jennifer A. Dillaha MD Director and State Health Officer S/THO Designee

California Department of Public Health

Tomas Aragon MD, DrPH Director and State Public Health Officer [BIO]

Erica Pan MD, MPH, FAAP State Epidemiologist S/THO Designee

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Jill Hunsaker Ryan MPH Executive Director [BIO]

Connecticut Department of Public Health

Dr. Manisha Juthani MD Commissioner [BIO]

Florida Department of Health

Joseph Ladapo MD, PhD State Surgeon General [BIO]

Georgia Department of Public Health

Kathleen Toomey MD, MPH Commissioner and State Health Officer [BIO]

Government of the Federated States of Micronesia

[BIO]

Moses Pretrick Assistant Secretary for Health SHA Staff

Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services

Arthur U. San Agustin MHR Director of Public Health and Social Services [BIO]

Hawaii State Department of Health

Kenneth Fink MD Director [BIO]

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare

Elke Shaw-Tulloch MHS State Health Officer, Administrator [BIO]

Illinois Department of Public Health

Dr. Sameer Vohra MD, JD, MA Director [BIO]

Indiana Department of Health

Kristina Box MD State Health Commissioner [BIO]

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services

Kelly Garcia MPA Director [BIO]

Robert Kruse MD, MPH, FAAFP State Medical Director S/THO Designee

Kansas Department of Health & Environment

Janet Stanek MBA Secretary [BIO]

Joan Duwve MD, MPH State Health Officer S/THO Designee

Kentucky Department for Public Health

Steven J. Stack MD, MBA Commissioner [BIO]

Louisiana Department of Health

Joseph Kanter MD, MPH State Health Officer [BIO]

Doris Brown Assistant Secretary, Office of Public Health S/THO Designee

Maryland Department of Health

Laura Herrera Scott MD, MPH Secretary of Health [BIO]

Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman FACP,MD Deputy Secretary S/THO Designee

Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Margret R Cooke JD Commissioner [BIO]

Michigan Department of Health & Human Services

Elizabeth Hertel MBA Director, Michigan DHHS [BIO]

Natasha Bagdasarian MD, MPH Chief Medical Executive S/THO Designee

Minnesota Department of Health

Brooke Cunningham MD, PhD Health Commissioner [BIO]

Mississippi State Department of Health

Daniel Edney MD, FACP, FASAM State Health Officer [BIO]

Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services

Paula F. Nickelson MA Acting Director [BIO]

Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services

Dannette R Smith MSW Chief Executive Officer [BIO]

Charity Menefee MA Director, Public Health Division S/THO Designee

Nevada Division of Public & Behavioral Health

Lisa Sherych MBA Administrator [BIO]

Ihsan Azzam MD, PhD, MPH Chief Medical Officer S/THO Designee

New Jersey Department of Health

Judith Persichilli RN, BSN, MA Commissioner [BIO]

Margaret Fisher MD Acting Deputy Commissioner S/THO Designee

New Mexico Department of Health

Patrick Allen Cabinet Secretary [BIO]

Laura Parajon MD, MPH Deputy Cabinet Secretary S/THO Designee

North Carolina Division of Public Health

Ms. Susan Kansagra MD, MBA Assistant Secretary for Public Health and State Health Official [BIO]

Dr. Elizabeth Tilson MD, MPH State Health Director & Chief Medical Officer S/THO Designee

North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services

Dr. Nizar Wehbi MD, MPH, MBA State Health Officer [BIO]

Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Health Corporation

Esther L. Muña PhD, MHA, FACHE Chief Executive Officer [BIO]

Ohio Department of Health

Bruce Vanderhoff MD, MBA Director of Health [BIO]

Oklahoma State Department of Health

Keith Reed RN, MPH, CPH Commissioner [BIO]

Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division

Rachael Banks MPA Public Health Division Director [BIO]

Pennsylvania Department of Health

Dr. Debra L Bogen MD, FAAP Acting Secretary of Health and Physician General [BIO]

Puerto Rico Department of Health

Carlos Mellado Lopez MD Secretary of Health [BIO]

Republic of Palau Ministry of Health

Mr. Gaafar J. Uherbelau Minister of Health [BIO]

Ms. Sherilynn Madraisau Director, Bureau of Public Health S/THO Designee

Republic of the Marshall Islands Ministry of Health

Joe Bejang Minister of Health & Human Services [BIO]

Jack Niedenthal Secretary of Health & Human Services S/THO Designee

Rhode Island Department of Health

Ana P. Novais MA Acting Secretary, EOHHS [BIO]

South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control

Edward Simmer MD, MPH Director [BIO]

Brannon Traxler MD, MPH Director of Public Health S/THO Designee

South Dakota Department of Health

Melissa Magstadt CNP, MBA Secretary of Health [BIO]

Tennessee Department of Health

Ralph Alvarado MD, FACP Commissioner [BIO]

Texas Department of State Health Services

Dr. Jennifer Ann Shuford MD, MPH Commissioner [BIO]

United States Virgin Islands Department of Health

Justa Encarnacion RN, MBA, HCM Health Commissioner & Chief Public Health Officer [BIO]

Utah Department of Health and Human Services

Tracy S. Gruber JD Executive Director [BIO]

Michelle Hofmann MD, MPH Deputy Director S/THO Designee

Vermont Department of Health

Mark A. Levine MD Commissioner of Health [BIO]

Washington State Department of Health

Umair A. Shah MD, MPH Secretary of Health [BIO]

West Virginia Bureau for Public Health

Matthew Q. Christiansen MD, MPH Commissioner [BIO]

Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Paula Tran MPH State Health Officer and Administrator [BIO]

Debra Standridge MPH Deputy Secretary and COVID-19 Incident Commander S/THO Designee

Wyoming Department of Health, Public Health Division

Alexia Harrist MD, PhD State Health Officer [BIO]

Stephanie Pyle MBA Senior Administrator S/THO Designee