State and Territorial Health Officials
Alabama
Scott Harris, MD, MPH [Bio]
State Health Officer
Alaska
Anne Zink, MD, FACEP [Bio]
Chief Medical Officer
American Samoa
CSM Motusa Tuileama To'atolu Nua [Bio]
Director, Department of Health
Arizona
Don Herrington*
Interim Director
Arkansas
José Romero, MD [Bio]
Secretary
California
Tomás Aragón, MD, DrPH [Bio]
Director & State Public Health Officer
Erica Pan, MD, MPH, FAAP*
State Epidemiologist
S/THO Designee
Colorado
Jill Ryan, MPH [Bio]
Executive Director
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
Esther L. Muña, MHA, FACHE [Bio]
CEO, Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation
Connecticut
Manisha Juthani-Mehta, MD [Bio]
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 [Bio]
Acting Secretary of Health and Social Affairs
Florida
Joseph Ladapo, MD, PhD*
Surgeon General and Secretary Appointee
Georgia
Kathleen Toomey, MD, MPH [Bio]
Commissioner, Director of Health Protection
Guam
Arthur San Agustin*
Acting Director, Department of Public Health and Social Services
Hawaii
Libby Char, MD [Bio]
Interim 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
Kelly Garcia, MPA [Bio]
Interim Director
Kansas
Janet Stanek, MBA [Bio]
Acting Secretary
Joan Duwve, MD, MPH [Bio]
Advisor to the Secretary
S/THO Designee
Kentucky
Steven J. Stack, MD, MBA [Bio]
Commissioner
Louisiana
Joseph Kanter, MD, MPH [Bio]
State Health Officer
Kimberly Hood, JD, MPH [Bio]
Assistant Secretary
S/THO Designee
Maine
Nirav Shah, MD, JD [Bio]
Director, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Maryland
Dennis Schrader [Bio]
Secretary of Health
Jinlene Chan, MD, MPH, FAAP [Bio]
Deputy Secretary, Public Health Services
S/THO Designee
Massachusetts
Margret Cooke, JD*
Acting Commissioner
Michigan
Alexis Travis, PhD [Bio]
Senior Deputy Director, Public Health Administration
Minnesota
Jan Malcolm [Bio]
Health Commissioner
Mississippi
Thomas Dobbs, MD, MPH [Bio]
State Health Officer
Missouri
Donald G. Kauerauf [Bio]
Director
Montana
Margaret Cook-Shimanek, MD, MPH [Bio]
Acting State Health Officer
Nebraska
Dannette Smith, MSW *
Chief Executive Officer, Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services
Gary Anthone, MD [Bio]
Chief Medical Officer and Director, Division of Public Health
S/THO Designee
Nevada
Lisa Sherych, MBA
Administrator
Ihsan Azzam, MD, PhD, MPH [Bio]
Chief Medical Officer
S/THO Designee
New Hampshire
Patricia Tilley, Ms Ed.*
Interim Director, Division of Public Health Service
New Jersey
Judith Persichilli RN, BSN, MA*
Commissioner of Health
David J. Adinaro, MD, FACEP [Bio]
Deputy Commissioner of Public Health Services
S/THO Designee
New Mexico
David Scrase, MD [Bio]
Cabinet Secretary
Laura Parajón, MD, MPH [Bio]
Deputy Secretary
S/THO Designee
New York
Mary Bassett, MD, MPH [Bio]
Commissioner of Health
North Carolina
Mark Benton [Bio]
Assistant Secretary for Public Health
North Dakota
Nizar Wehbi, MD, MPH, MBA [Bio]
State Health Officer
Ohio
Bruce Vanderhoff, MD, MBA [Bio]
Chief Medical Officer
Oklahoma
Col. Keith Reed, RN
Interim Commissioner of Health
Oregon
Rachael Banks, MBA [Bio]
State Public Health Officer
Pennsylvania
Keara Klinepeter [Bio]
Acting Secretary of Health
Denise A. Johnson, MD, FACOG, FACHE [Bio]
Acting Physician General
Puerto Rico
Carlos Mellado López, MD, FACEP [Bio]
Secretary of Health
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Bruce Bilimon*
Minister of Health
Jack Niedenthal*
Secretary of Health and Human Services
S/THO Designee
Republic of Palau Ministry of Health
Gaafar J. Uherbelau*
Minister of Health
Sherilynn Madraisau
Director, Bureau of Public Health
S/THO Designee
Rhode Island
Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH [Bio]
Director
South Carolina
Edward Simmer, MD, MPH*
Director, Department of Health and Environmental Control
Brannon Traxler, MD, MPH [Bio]
Interim Director of Public Health
S/THO Designee
South Dakota
Joan Adam [Bio]
Interim Secretary
Tennessee
Lisa Piercey MD, MBA, FAAP [Bio]
Commissioner
Texas
John Hellerstedt, MD [Bio]
Commissioner
Utah
Nate Checketts, MPA*
Acting Executive Director
Michelle Hofmann*
Deputy Director
S/THO Designee
Vermont
Mark Levine, MD [Bio]
Commissioner of Health
Virgin Islands
Justa E. Encarnacion, RN, MBA, HCM [Bio]
Health Commissioner & Chief Public Health Officer
Virginia
Colin Greene, MD, MPH*
Acting State Health Commissioner
Washington
Umair Shah, MD, MPH [Bio]
Secretary of Health
West Virginia
Ayne Amjad, MD, MPH [Bio]
Public Health Officer
Wisconsin
Paula Tran, MPH*
State Health Officer and Division of Public Health Administration
Wyoming
Alexia Harrist, MD, PhD [Bio]
State Health Officer
Stephanie Pyle, MBA*
Senior Administrator
SHO Designee
*Bio coming soon.