E.J. Holland, Jr.

E-mail: ASAStaff@hhs.gov
Phone: (202) 690-7431

E.J. (“Ned”) Holland, Jr., the Assistant Secretary for Administration, has the responsibility for the total leadership and management of a 1500-person, $15M organization providing the following services to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Human Resources; Acquisition Management and Policy; Diversity Management and EEO; Facilities Management and Policy; Business Transformation; administrative/budget/financial management/strategic planning services to the Immediate Office of the Secretary and the HHS’ Shared Services Center, a $500M operation which provides services on a competitive, fee-for-service basis to customers across federal government in financial management, administrative operations, strategic acquisitions, and occupational health.

Prior to joining the Department, Ned served as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Communications for Embarq Corporation (EMBARQ), the fourth largest local telecommunications exchange carrier in the United States and the largest independent local provider, serving customers in 18 states and providing local, long distance, high-speed data and wireless services to residential and business customers. In this capacity, Ned managed employee and labor relations, talent management, compensation and benefits, employee experience, corporate security, internal and external communications, the Intranet and Multimedia Communications Center and the events management team. EMBARQ generates more than $6 billion in revenues annually and is included in the Fortune 500® list of America’s largest corporations.

Prior to EMBARQ, Ned served as Vice President for Compensation, Benefits, Labor and Employee Relations for Sprint; Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary for Payless Cashways, Inc; and managing partner and co-chairman of the health law practice group of the Kansas City law firm of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne.

A graduate of Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Missouri, with a degree in Philosophy and a JD from Boston College Law School, Massachusetts, Ned and his wife Bridget are the proud parents of two girls, and Ned has three other grown children and two grandchildren.