State and Territorial Health Officials
Alabama
Scott Harris, MD, MPH [Bio]
State Health Officer
Alaska
Anne Zink, MD, FACEP*
Chief Medical 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
Jose Romero, MD*
Secretary
California
Sandra Shewry, MPH, MSW*
Acting Director
Erica Pan, MD, MPH, FAAP*
Acting State Public Health Officer
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
Deidre Gifford, MD, MPH [Bio]
Acting 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
Livinson Taulung*
Secretary
Florida
Scott Rivkees, MD [Bio]
State Surgeon General
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*
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
Lee Norman, MD, MHS, MBA [Bio]
Secretary
Kentucky
Steven Stack, MD, MBA, FACEP [Bio]
Commissioner
Louisiana
Joseph Kanter, MD, MPH*
Interim Assistant Secretary of Health
Maine
Nirav Shah, MD, JD*
Director, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Maryland
Robert Neall
Secretary of Health
Jinlene Chan, MD, MPH, FAAP*
Acting Deputy Secretary, Public Health Services
S/THO Designee
Massachusetts
Monica Bharel, MD, MPH [Bio]
Commissioner
Michigan
Joneigh Khaldun, MD, MPH, FACEP [Bio]
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
Gregory Holzman, MD [Bio]
Chief Medical 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 [Bio]
Administrator
New Hampshire
Lisa Morris, MSSW [Bio]
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
Billy Jimenez, JD*
Acting Secretary & General Counsel
New York
Howard Zucker, MD, JD [Bio]
Commissioner of Health
North Carolina
Mark Benton [Bio]
Assistant Secretary for Public Health
North Dakota
Dirk Wilke, JD, MBA*
Interim State Health Officer
Ohio
Lance Himes, JD [Bio]
Interim Director of Health
Oklahoma
Col. Lance Frye, MD [Bio]
Interim Commissioner of Health
Oregon
Cara Biddlecom, MPH
Director of Policy and Partnerships
SHO Designee
Pennsylvania
Rachel Levine, MD [Bio]
Secretary of Health
Puerto Rico
Lorenzo Gonzalez Feliciano, MD, MBA*
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
Emais Roberts, MD [Bio]
Minister of Health
Rhode Island
Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH [Bio]
Director
South Carolina
W. Marshall Taylor Jr., JD*
Acting Director, Department of Health and Environmental Control
Brannon Traxler, MD, MPH [Bio]
Interim Director of Public Health
S/THO Designee
South Dakota
Kim Malsam-Rysdon [Bio]
Secretary
Tennessee
Lisa Piercey MD, MBA, FAAP [Bio]
Commissioner
Texas
John Hellerstedt, MD [Bio]
Commissioner
Utah
Rich Saunders*
Interim Executive Director
Joseph Miner, MD [Bio]
Physician Deputy
S/THO Designee
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
Ayne Amjad, MD, MPH [Bio]
Public Health Officer
Wisconsin
Stephanie Smiley, MA*
Interim Administrator, Division of Public Health
Wyoming
Alexia Harrist, MD, PhD [Bio]
State Health Officer
*Bio coming soon.