State and Territorial Health Officials
Alabama
Scott Harris, MD
Acting State Health Officer
Alaska
Jay Butler, MD [Bio]
Director of Public Health
American Samoa
CSM Motusa Tuileama To'atolu Nua [Bio]
Director, Department of Health
Arizona
Cara M. Christ, MD [Bio]
Director and State Health Official
Arkansas
Nathaniel H. Smith, MD, MPH [Bio]
Director and State Health Officer
California
Karen Smith, MD, MPH [Bio]
Director and State Public Health Officer
Colorado
Larry Wolk, MD, MSPH [Bio]
Executive Director/Chief Medical Officer
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
Esther L. Muña, MHA, CPC [Bio]
CEO, Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation
Connecticut
Raul Pino, MD, MPH [Bio]
Commissioner
Delaware
Karyl Thomas Rattay, MD, MS [Bio]
Director, Division of Public Health
District of Columbia
LaQuandra S. Nesbitt, MD, MPH [Bio]
Director
Federated States of Micronesia
Honorable Magdalena Walter
Secretary
Florida
Celeste Philip, MD, MPH [Bio]
State Surgeon General
Georgia
J. Patrick O’Neal, MD
Commissioner, Director of Health Protection
Guam
James W. Gillan, MS, HSA [Bio]
Director
Hawaii
Virginia Pressler, MD, MBA, FACS [Bio]
Director of Health
Idaho
Elke Shaw-Tulloch, MHS [Bio]
Public Health Administrator
Illinois
Nirav D. Shah, MD, JD [Bio]
Director of Public Health
Indiana
Pam Potones
Interim State Health Commissioner
Iowa
Gerd W. Clabaugh, MPA [Bio]
Director
Kansas
Susan Mosier, MD, MBA, FACS [Bio]
Secretary
Kentucky
Hiram C. Polk, MD [Bio]
Commissioner
Louisiana
Parham Jaberi, MD, MPH
Assistant Secretary for Public Health
Maine
Christopher Pezzullo, DO [Bio]
State Health Officer
Maryland
Dennis R. Schrader
Secretary, Department of Health
Massachusetts
Monica Bharel, MD, MPH [Bio]
Commissioner
Michigan
Susan Moran, MPH
Senior Deputy Director, Population Health Administration
Minnesota
Edward P. Ehlinger, MD, MSPH [Bio]
Commissioner of Health
Mississippi
Mary Currier, MD, MPH [Bio]
State Health Officer
Missouri
Randall Williams, MD, FACOG
Director
Montana
Sheila Hogan [Bio]
Director
Nebraska
Thomas L. Williams, MD [Bio]
Chief Medical Officer and Director, Office of Public Health
Nevada
Amy Roukie, Deputy Administrator
Deputy Administrator, Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health
New Hampshire
Lisa Morris, MSSW [Bio]
Director, Division of Public Health Service
New Jersey
Cathleen Bennett, JD, MGA [Bio]
Commissioner
New Mexico
K. Lynn Gallagher, JD [Bio]
Cabinet Secretary
New York
Howard Zucker, MD, JD [Bio]
Commissioner of Health
North Carolina
Danny Staley, MS [Bio]
Director, Division of Public Health
North Dakota
Mylynn Tufte [Bio]
State Health Officer
Ohio
Lance Himes [Bio]
Director of Health
Oklahoma
Terry L. Cline, PhD [Bio]
Commissioner of Health
Oregon
Lillian M. Shirley, BSN, MPH, MPA [Bio]
Public Health Director
Pennsylvania
Rachel Levine, MD
Physician General
Puerto Rico
Rafael Rodríguez Mercado, MD [Bio]
Secretary of Health
Republic of the Marshall Islands
The Honorable Kalani Kaneko
Minister of Health
Republic of Palau
Emais Roberts, MD [Bio]
Minister of Health, Ministry of Health
Rhode Island
Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH [Bio]
Director
South Carolina
Lilian Peake, MD, MPH
Director, Public Health
South Dakota
Kim Malsam-Rysdon [Bio]
Secretary
Tennessee
John J. Dreyzehner, MD, MPH, FACOEM [Bio]
Commissioner
Texas
John Hellerstedt, MD [Bio]
Commissioner
Utah
Joseph Miner, MD [Bio]
Executive Director
Vermont
Mark Levine, MD [Bio]
Commissioner of Health
Virgin Islands
Michelle S. Davis, PhD [Bio]
Health Commissioner and Chief Health Officer
Virginia
Marissa J. Levine, MD, MPH [Bio]
Commissioner of Health
Washington
John M. Wiesman, DrPH, MPH [Bio]
Secretary of Health
West Virginia
Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH [Bio]
Commissioner/State Health Officer
Wisconsin
Karen D. McKeown, RN, MSN [Bio]
Administrator/State Health Official
Wyoming
Alexia Harrist, MD
Acting State Health Officer
Last updated: August 2017