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Agency Deputy Ethics Counselors and Ethics Coordinators

Office of the Secretary (OS) Agency StaffDivDeputy Ethics Counselors (DECs)Ethics Coordinators (ECs)
Immediate Office of the Secretary (DS) (ES) (IOS) (ASL) (ASPA) (CFOI) (IEA) (ORD) (ONS) Office of Health Reform (OHR)Gretchen H. Weaver
Associate General Counsel for Ethics
Designated Agency Ethics Official
DHHS/OS/Office of the General Counsel
202-969-3873
 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR) (includes OSDBU)Chad Clifford
Director of Policy Oversight
202-360-7318
Shanita Manyfield
Program and Management Analyst
202-690-6201
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)Erin Meter
Executive Officer
202-260-2071
Chartése D. Torrence, M.B.A.
Chief Ethics Officer
Director, Public Affairs and Communications
202-205-8094

Larry Jessup
Supervisory Public Health Analyst
202-720-2861
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)Ben Smith
Director, Office of Planning and Policy Support
202-205-5103
Vacant
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration (ASA) (Includes Office of Human Resource and Centers; PSC; and OCIO)Glenn Hancock
Deputy Associate General Counsel for Ethics Program Administration
Office of the Secretary, OGC - Ethics Division
202-205-8256
Matthew Clune
Management Analyst and ASA Ethics Coordinator
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration
Mobile: 202-768-1887
Office of Global Affairs (OGA)Julie Wallace
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office for Global Affairs
Nicky Greene
Executive Officer
202-690-6434
Departmental Appeals Board (DAB)Judge Karen Mayberry
Acting Chair, Departmental Appeals Board
Katherine Scott
Executive Director of Human Capital, Immediate Office
202-205-0097
Office for Civil Rights (OCR)Steve D. Novy
Deputy Director, Planning and Business Administration Management
202-619-3339
Harold Henderson
Chief Executive Secretariat
202-205-2290
Office of the General Counsel (OGC)Gretchen H. Weaver
Associate General Counsel for Ethics
Designated Agency Ethics Official
DHHS/OS/Office of the General Counsel
202-969-3873
 
Office of Inspector General (OIG)Susan Edwards
Acting Chief Counsel to the Inspector General
Pamela Langer
Sr. Ethics Counsel
202-878-2903 Celeste Hilerio Echevarria
Senior Counsel, Office of Inspector General
202-607-2719
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) (formerly OPHS) and The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (PCSBI)Glenn Hancock
Deputy Associate General Counsel for Ethics Program Administration
Office of the Secretary, OGC- Ethics Division
202-205-8256
Bennett McClure
Ethics Specialist
202-260-2861
Office of Medicare Hearings & Appeals (OMHA)Karen Ames
Executive Director, Office of Operations
571-777-2748
Daniel Hooven
Ethics Coordinator
571-777-2716
Agency/OPDIVDeputy Ethics CounselorEthics Coordinators
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)Ben Goldhaber
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration
202-401-9238
Kendra Flowers
Ethics Specialist
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
(202) 545-4811
Administration for Community Living (ACL)Glenn Hancock
Deputy Associate General Counsel for Ethics Program Administration
Office of the Secretary, OGC - Ethics Division
202-205-8256
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)Jeffrey (Jay) Toven
Director, Administrative Services/OMS
301-427-1794
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Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR)Nikki Bratcher-Bowman
Director of Executive Management
202-730-4884
Sherry Piemontesi
Acting Director, Ethics Program
202-205-7863
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) includes Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)Kalwant Smagh
Director, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives
Office of Chief Operating Officer 
404-425-0815
Joseph Jenkins
Director, Office of Ethics and Integrity
404-718-8230
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)Stephanie Bovell
Deputy Director, Office of Human Capital
401-786-0763
Joseph L. Dion
Lead Ethics Program Administrator
410-786-8022
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Melanie Keller
Deputy Chief Operating Officer
301-796-3291
Asim Akbari
Director, Division of Ethics and Integrity
301-796-6959
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)Elizabeth DeVoss
Chief Operating Officer
301-443-4244
Anuradha Sharma
Senior Advisor, Office of Budget and Finance
301-443-6121
Indian Health Service (IHS)Lisa Gyorda
Acting Director, Office of Human Resources
CDR Seneca Smith
Director, Division of Employee Accountability
Office of Human Resources
240-963-5148
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

For a roster of the DECs and ECs of the Institutes and Centers at NIH go to https://ethics.od.nih.gov/contacts
Alfred C. Johnson, Ph.D. Deputy Director for Management
301-496-3271
Kristin Meredith
Deputy Director, NIH Ethics Office
301-451-3039
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)Daniel Lonnerdal
Director, Office of Management, Technology and Operations
240-276-0101
Felicia Thompson
Management Analyst
240-276-2327

Designated Agency Ethics Official

Gretchen H. Weaver
202-969-3873

Alternate Designated Agency Ethics Official

If there are any problems with the contents of this web page, contact Molly McBurney at molly.mcburney@hhs.gov or Glenn Hancock at Glenn.Hancock@hhs.gov, Ethics Division, or call 202-690-7258.

Content last reviewed April 14, 2026
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