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Public Health Division Key Personnel

Immediate Public Health Division

  • Associate General Counsel, Julia Pierce
    Phone: 301-443-2644
    Fax: 301-443-2639
    Julia.Pierce@hhs.gov
    5600 Fishers Ln., Room 4A-53
    Rockville, MD 20857

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Branch

  • Acting Deputy Associate General Counsel, Kenya Ford
    Phone: 404-639-7200
    Fax: 404-639-7351
    kdf6@cdc.gov
    CDC, Building 21, Room 10000
    Atlanta, GA 30333

Public Health and Science Branch, Public Health Division

  • Deputy Associate General Counsel, Patricia Mantoan
    Phone: 301-443-2644
    Fax: 301-443-2639
    Patricia.Mantoan@hhs.gov
    6701 Democracy Boulevard
    Suite 710
    Bethesda, MD 20817

Indian Health Branch, Public Health Division

  • Deputy Associate General Counsel, Sean Dooley
    Phone: 301-443-6834
    Fax: 301-480-2161
    Sean.Dooley@ihs.hhs.gov
    12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Room 450
    Rockville, MD 20857

National Institutes of Health Branch, Public Health Division

  • Deputy Associate General Counsel, David Lankford
    Phone: 301-496-6043
    Fax: 301-402-1034
    David.Lankford@nih.hhs.gov
    9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 31, Room 2B-50
    Bethesda, MD 20892
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Content last reviewed August 25, 2025
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