NVAC Members
Members serve a pivotal role by providing peer review, consultation, advice, and recommendations to the Assistant Secretary for Health, who serves as the Director of the National Vaccine Program on matters related to the Program’s responsibilities.
Current Voting Members
Voting members are Special Government Employees and are subject to conflict of interest laws and regulations.
NVAC Chair: Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., MD
TERM: 2/7/2017 to 2/7/2021
NVAC’s Chair, Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., is professor of internal medicine and pediatrics and director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock, AR. He is also associate program director of the UAMS internal medicine-pediatrics combined residency and Chief of Adult Medicine at Arkansas Children's Hospital. Read more about our current NVAC Chair.
Melody Anne Butler, RN, BSN
TERM: 2/7/2017 to 2/7/2021
Tim Cooke, PhD (Representative)
TERM: 9/9/2015 to 3/8/2020
John Dunn, MD, MPH
TERM: 2/18/2017 to 2/8/2020
David Fleming, MD
TERM: 9/9/2015 to 3/8/2020
Ann Ginsberg, MD, PhD
TERM: 9/9/2015 to 3/8/2020
Leonard Friedland, MD (Representative)
TERM: 2/7/17 to 2/8/2020
Mary Anne Jackson, MD
TERM: 2/8/2017 to 2/8/2021
Melissa Martinez, MD
TERM: 2/8/2017 to 2/8/2021
H. Cody Meissner, MD
TERM: 2/8/2017 to 2/8/2021
Larry Pickering, MD
TERM: 2/8/2017 to 2/8/2020
Geeta Swamy, MD
TERM: 2/8/2017 to 2/8/2021
Liaison Representatives
The liaison representatives are non-voting members of the advisory council. They are not government employees and are therefore not subject to federal ethics regulations.
H. Cody Meissner, MD
Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV)
Christopher Regal, MS
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
Rebecca Coyle, MSEd
American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA)
Jean-Venable "Kelly" R. Goode, PharmD
American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
Kristen R. Ehresmann, RN, MPH
Association of Immunization Managers (AIM)
James S. Blumenstock
Association of State and Territorial Officials (ASTHO)
John Douglas, MD
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Nathalie El Omeiri, PhD, MPH
Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)
Gina Charos
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Hana El Sahly, MD
Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC)
Ex Officio Members
Federal ex officio members are regular Government Employees and are therefore subject to ethics regulations issues by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, including annual confidential financial disclosure and ethics training.
Justin A Mills, MD, MPH, FAAP
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Nancy Messonnier, MD
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Jeffrey A. Kelman, MMSc, MD
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS)
Tonya Rans, MD, FACAAI
Department of Defense (DoD)
Marion Gruber, PhD
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Judith Steinberg, MD, MPH
Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA)
Mary Rubin, MD
Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA)
Jeffrey McCollum, DVM, MPH
Indian Health Service (IHS)
Barbara L. Mulach, PhD
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Troy Knighton, LPC, EdS, MEd
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Geetha Srinivas, DVM, MS
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Rick Bright, PhD
Biomedical Advanced Reseach and Development Authority (BARDA)
Anthony Marks, MD
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Designated Federal Officer
NVAC Designated Federal Official: Ann Aikin, MA
Ann Aikin is with the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy at HHS.