Secretary Mike Leavitt is greeted at the Dallas Convention Center by Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services. Also pictured are Margaret Keliher, Dallas County Judge (to the Secretary’s right) and HHS Regional Director Linda Penn.

Secretary Mike Leavitt visits with a Katrina survivor from Louisiana at the Dallas Disaster Recovery Center (DRC).

Secretary Mike Leavitt speaks with staff from the New Orleans Health Department, who are stationed at the Dallas Convention Center, prior to a meeting with representatives of organizations partnering in the Katrina relief and recovery effort.

Secretary Mike Leavitt meets with partners at Dallas Convention Center.

Secretary Mike Leavitt meets with personnel from the Dallas Convention Center relief effort. Those present are physicians and key emergency preparedness staff.

Secretary Mike Leavitt meets with representatives of partner organizations at the Dallas Convention Center.

Secretary Mike Leavitt with staff from the New Orleans Health Department stationed in Dallas at the Convention Center. Also pictured are Dr. Ray Fowler from the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, who is the medical director on site at the Convention Center, and Dr. Evangeline Franklin with the New Orleans Health Department.

Secretary Mike Leavitt visits with volunteers in the DRC. These volunteers register and enroll evacuees in services that are available to them.

Secretary Mike Leavitt speaks with Louisiana survivors of Katrina as he tours the DRC.