State and Territorial Health Officials
Alabama
Scott Harris, MD, MPH [Bio]
State Health Officer
Alaska
Lily Lou, MD, FAAP*
Chief Medical Officer and State Health Officer
American Samoa
CSM Motusa Tuileama To'atolu Nua [Bio]
Director, Department of Health
Arizona
Cara M. Christ, MD, MS [Bio]
Director and State Health Official
Arkansas
Nathaniel H. Smith, MD, MPH [Bio]
Director and State Health Officer
California
Susan Fanelli, MA
Acting State Public Health Officer & Director
Colorado
Jill Ryan, MPH [Bio]
Executive Director
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
Esther L. Muña, MHA, FACHE [Bio]
CEO, Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation
Connecticut
Renee Coleman-Mitchell, MPH*
Commissioner
Delaware
Karyl Rattay, MD, MS [Bio]
Director, Division of Public Health
District of Columbia
LaQuandra S. Nesbitt, MD, MPH [Bio]
Director
Federated States of Micronesia
Marcus Samo
Acting Secretary
Florida
Scott Rivkees, MD
State Surgeon General
Georgia
Kathleen Toomey, MD, MPH [Bio]
Commissioner, Director of Health Protection
Guam
Linda Unpingco-DeNorcey, MPH [Bio]
Director, Department of Public Health and Social Services
Hawaii
Bruce S. Anderson, PhD [Bio]
Director of Health
Idaho
Elke Shaw-Tulloch, MHS [Bio]
Public Health Administrator
Illinois
Ngozi Ezike, MD [Bio]
Director of Public Health
Indiana
Kristina M. Box, MD [Bio]
State Health Commissioner
Iowa
Gerd W. Clabaugh, MPA [Bio]
Director
Kansas
Lee Norman, MD, MHS, MBA*
Secretary
Kentucky
Jeffrey D. Howard, MD [Bio]
Commissioner
Louisiana
Alexander Billioux, MD, DPhil [Bio]
Assistant Secretary of Health
Maine
Nirav Shah, MD, JD*
Director, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Maryland
Robert Neall
Secretary of Health
Frances B. Phillips, RN, MHA [Bio]
Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services
S/THO Designee
Massachusetts
Monica Bharel, MD, MPH [Bio]
Commissioner
Michigan
Joneigh Khaldun, MD, MPH, FACEP*
Chief Deputy Director for Health and CME
Minnesota
Jan Malcolm [Bio]
Health Commissioner
Mississippi
Thomas Dobbs, MD, MPH*
State Health Officer
Missouri
Randall W. Williams, MD, FACOG [Bio]
Director
Montana
Sheila Hogan [Bio]
Director
Gregory Holzman, MD*
Chief Medical Officer
S/THO Designee
Nebraska
Dannette Smith, MSW *
Chief Executive Officer, Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services
Nevada
Lisa Sherych, MBA*
Administrator
New Hampshire
Lisa Morris, MSSW [Bio]
Director, Division of Public Health Service
New Jersey
Judith Persichilli RN, BSN, MA*
Commissioner of Health
New Mexico
Kathy Kunkel, JD, MSW [Bio]
Cabinet Secretary Designee
Abinash Achrekar, MD
Deputy Secretary
S/THO Designee
New York
Howard Zucker, MD, JD [Bio]
Commissioner of Health
North Carolina
Mark Benton [Bio]
Assistant Secretary for Public Health
North Dakota
Mylynn K. Tufte, MBA, MSIM, RN [Bio]
State Health Officer
Ohio
Amy Acton, MD, MPH*
Director of Health
Oklahoma
Tom Bates [Bio]
Interim Commissioner of Health
Oregon
Lillian M. Shirley, BSN, MPH, MPA [Bio]
Public Health Director
Pennsylvania
Rachel Levine, MD [Bio]
Secretary of Health
Puerto Rico
Rafael Rodriguez Mercado, MD, FACS, FAANS
Secretary of Health
Catherine De La Cruz-Duran*
S/THO Designee
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Kalani Kaneko*
Minister of Health
Republic of Palau Ministry of Health
Emais Roberts, MD [Bio]
Minister of Health
Rhode Island
Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH [Bio]
Director
South Carolina
Richard Toomey, MHA, DHA [Bio]
Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
South Dakota
Kim Malsam-Rysdon [Bio]
Secretary
Tennessee
Lisa Piercey MD, MBA, FAAP*
Commissioner
Texas
John Hellerstedt, MD [Bio]
Commissioner
Utah
Joseph Miner, MD [Bio]
Executive Director
Vermont
Mark Levine, MD [Bio]
Commissioner of Health
Virgin Islands
Justa Encarnacion, RN, BSN, MBA*
Health Commissioner & Chief Public Health Officer
Virginia
M. Norman Oliver, MD, MA [Bio]
State Health Commissioner
Washington
John M. Wiesman, DrPH, MPH [Bio]
Secretary of Health
West Virginia
Cathy Slemp, MD, MPH*
Commissioner and State Health Officer
Wisconsin
Jeanne Ayers, RN, MPH*
Administrator, Division of Public Health
Wyoming
Alexia Harrist, MD, PhD [Bio]
State Health Officer
*Bio coming soon.