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    • Overview: Strategic Plan FY 2022 - 2026
    • Strategic Goal 1: Protect and Strengthen Equitable Access to High Quality and Affordable Healthcare
    • Strategic Goal 2: Safeguard and Improve National and Global Health Conditions and Outcomes
    • Strategic Goal 3: Strengthen Social Well-Being, Equity, and Economic Resilience
    • Strategic Goal 4: Restore Trust and Accelerate Advancements in Science and Research for All
    • Strategic Goal 5: Advance Strategic Management to Build Trust, Transparency, and Accountability
    • Appendix: Plan Updates
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HHS Leadership

Departmental leaders are among the most qualified public servants in the Federal Government. They are dedicated to ensuring the guidance and management necessary to support the health and well-being of the nation. Learn more about the Department's leadership:

Secretary and Deputy Secretary

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Xavier Becerra

Secretary

Xavier Becerra is the 25th Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Meet our Secretary

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Andrea Palm

Deputy Secretary

Andrea Palm is the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Meet our Deputy Secretary

Office of the Secretary

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McArthur Allen

Chief Administrative Law Judge, Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA)

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Jeffery Anoka

Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources, and Executive Director for Staffing, Recruitment and Operations Center

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Samuel Bagenstos

General Counsel (OGC)

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Cheryl Campbell

Assistant Secretary for Administration (ASA)

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Norris Cochran

Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR)

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Melanie Egorin

Assistant Secretary for Legislation (ASL)

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Melanie Fontes Rainer

Director for Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

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Christi Grimm

Inspector General (OIG)

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Bob Leavitt

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Human Resources and Chief Human Capital Officer

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Admiral Rachel L. Levine, MD

Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH)

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Miranda Lynch-Smith

Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Human Services Policy

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Karl S. Mathias, Ph.D.

Chief Information Officer (CIO)

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Sean McCluskie

Chief of Staff

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Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA

U.S. Surgeon General

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Jeff Nesbit

Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs

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Loyce Pace, MPH

Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs (OGA)

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Jessica Smith

Acting Director, Intergovernmental and External Affairs (IEA)

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Kimberly A. Steide, DPA

Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Capital

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The Honorable Constance B. Tobias

Chair, Departmental Appeals Board (DAB)

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Micky Tripathi

National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)

Agency Leadership

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Alison Barkoff

Principal Deputy Administrator, Administration for Community Living (ACL)

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Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D.

Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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Chiquita Brooks-LaSure

Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

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Robert M. Califf M.D., MACC

Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

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Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH

Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, Ph.D.

Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

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Jeff Hild

Acting Assistant Secretary Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

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Carole Johnson

Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

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Dawn O'Connell

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)

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Robert “Bob” Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A

Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

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Roselyn Tso

Director, Indian Health Service (IHS)

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Renee Wegrzyn, Ph.D.

Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)

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