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Appointments (first administration)

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of Health and Human Services
Alex Azar[1] 		January 29, 2018
(Confirmed January 24, 2018, 55–43)[2] 		January 20, 2021

Eric Hargan[3] 		October 10, 2017 January 28, 2018

Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services 		October 6, 2017
(Confirmed October 4, 2017, 57–38)[4]

General Counsel of Health and Human Services
Robert Charrow 		January 2, 2018
(Confirmed December 21, 2017, voice vote)

Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
(Financial Resources) 		Vacant

Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
(Public Affairs)
Judy Stecker[5] 		April 5, 2018
(Appointed March 9, 2018)

Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
(Health)
Brett Giroir[6] 		February 15, 2018
(Confirmed February 7, 2018, voice vote)

Surgeon General of the United States
Jerome Adams[7] 		September 5, 2017
(Confirmed August 3, 2017, voice vote)

Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
(Legislation)
Sarah Arbes[8] 		TBD
(Confirmed March 21, 2020, voice vote)
June 2019[9]

Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
(Planning and Evaluation) 		Vacant

Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
(Preparedness and Response)
Robert Kadlec 		August 18, 2017
(Confirmed August 3, 2017, voice vote)

Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
(Children and Families)
Lynn A. Johnson[10] 		September 5, 2018
(Confirmed August 28, 2018, 67–28)[11]

Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
(Aging)
Lance Allen Robertson 		August 11, 2017
(Confirmed August 3, 2017, voice vote)

Administrator for Community Living

Assistant Secretary for Mental Health
(Substance Use)
Elinore McCance-Katz[6] 		September 11, 2017
(Confirmed August 3, 2017, voice vote) 		January 7, 2021

Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services
Christi Grimm 		January 1, 2020
Office of Public Health and Science

Co-Chair and Member of the
President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition
Mariano Rivera[12] 		May 2018

Misty May-Treanor[12]

Herschel Walker[12]

Member of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition
Brenda Becker[12]

Bill Belichick[12]

Johnny Damon[12]

Trevor Drinkwater[12]

Lou Ferrigno[12]

Robert Goldman[12]

Nan Hayworth[12]

Matthew Hesse[12]

Ashlee Lundvall[12]

Jacob Olson[12]

Mehmet Oz[12]

Natalie Gulbis Rodarmel[12]

Shauna Rohbock[12]

Kyle Snyder[12]
Stephen Soloway[12]

Julie Teer[12]

Chris Tisi[12]

Robert Charles Wilkins[12]

Samuel James Worthington Jr.[12]

Linda Yaccarino[12]
Administration for Children and Families

Commissioner of the Administrator of Children, Youth, and Families 		Elizabeth Darling[5] TBD
(Confirmed September 10, 2019, 57–37)[13]
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Seema Verma[14] 		March 14, 2017
(Confirmed March 14, 2017, 55–43)[15]
Administration for Native Americans
Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans
Jeannie Hovland[16] 		July 10, 2018
(Confirmed June 21, 2018, voice vote)
Indian Health Service

Director of the Indian Health Service
Michael Weahkee[17] 		TBD
(Confirmed April 21, 2020, voice vote)
June 2017 TBD
Food and Drug Administration

Commissioner of Food and Drugs
Stephen Hahn[18] 		December 17, 2019
(Confirmed December 12, 2019, 72–18[19]
National Cancer Institute

Director of the National Cancer Institute
Douglas R. Lowy 		April 6, 2019

Previous officeholders (first administration)

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Office Name Took office Left office Notes

Secretary of Health and Human Services 		cropped
Norris Cochran 		January 20, 2017 February 10, 2017

Tom Price 		February 10, 2017 September 29, 2017 Resigned following scrutiny of his use of private charters and military aircraft for travel.[20][21][22] His tenure was the shortest in the office's history.[22]

Don J. Wright 		September 29, 2017 October 10, 2017

Assistant Secretary for Health 		February 10, 2017 February 15, 2018

Karen DeSalvo 		October 2014 February 10, 2017

Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services (Public Affairs)
Charmaine Yoest 		May 14, 2017 February 28, 2018 Left to join the Office of National Drug Control Policy[23]

Judy Stecker 		March 9, 2018 October 2019 Promoted to Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
Ryan Murphy October 2019 April 15, 2020 [24]

Michael Caputo 		April 16, 2020 September 16, 2020 Took a leave of absence with serious health issues. Previously, Caputo accused career scientists at CDC of political bias. Murphy assumed Caputo's duties.[25]

Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use

Elinore McCance-Katz

September 11, 2017 January 7, 2021 Resigned following the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol.[26]

Deputy Director of Communications 		Ximena Barreto December 4, 2017 July 27, 2018 Resigned after reportedly making anti-Muslim comments.[27]

Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Brenda Fitzgerald 		July 7, 2017 January 31, 2018 Resigned due to scrutiny of her financial holdings, which included stock in Japan Tobacco.[28] Her tenure was the shortest in the office's history, excluding interim appointments.[29]

Anne Schuchat 		January 20, 2017 July 7, 2017
January 31, 2018 March 26, 2018

Chief of Staff of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 		Kyle McGowan March 2017 August 14, 2020 [30]

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 		Amanda Campbell 2017

Commissioner of Food and Drugs
Scott Gottlieb 		May 11, 2017 April 5, 2019 Announced his resignation on March 5.[31]

Norman Sharpless 		April 5, 2019 November 1, 2019 Sharpless is also the Director of the National Cancer Institute.

Brett Giroir 		November 6, 2019 December 16, 2019 Dr. Giroir was also Assistant Secretary for Health.

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
Rick Bright 		November 15, 2016 April 22, 2020 Dr. Bright filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that his removal was politically motivated. He was reassigned to NIH, where he developed a plan to implement a national coronavirus testing infrastructure. NIH leadership ignored his work, and he resigned in protest on October 6.[32][33]

Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority

HHS Inspector General
Daniel Levinson 		September 8, 2004 May 31, 2019 Retired

Joanne Chiedi 		June 1, 2019 December 27, 2019 Retired after three decades of government service. In January 2020, she became chief administrative officer of DLA Piper.[34][35]

Appointments (second administration)

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of Health and Human Services
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.[36] 		Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services 		Jim O'Neill[37]

Surgeon General of the United States 		Janette Nesheiwat[38]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dave Weldon[39] 		Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Mehmet Oz[40][41] 		Awaiting Senate Confirmation
Food and Drug Administration

Commissioner of Food and Drugs
Marty Makary[42] 		Awaiting Senate Confirmation
National Institutes of Health

Director of the National Institutes of Health
Jay Bhattacharya[43] 		Awaiting Senate Confirmation

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