CDC Leadership

Robert R. Redfield, MD, is the 18th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Anne Schuchat, MD, is the Principal Deputy Director of CDC. She has been CDC’s principal deputy director since 2015, but also led CDC as acting director from January to July of 2017 and, again, from January to March of 2018.

Katherine Lyon Daniel, PhD, is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Associate Director for Communication, and is responsible for providing guidance and leadership in the development and implementation of CDC′s communication strategies. She leads the agency’s external and internal communication aimed at putting the best information available into the hands of people who need it to protect their health or the health of others.

Von Nguyen, MD, MPH, is serving as the Acting Associate Director for Policy at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In this capacity, he supports the policy agenda across CDC and manages the CDC’s efforts to promote collaboration between the public health and health care delivery systems.

 Mitch Wolfe, MD, MPH, is currently the Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Washington, D.C. Office. As a member of the US Public Health Service since 1998, Dr. Wolfe worked at CDC in a number of capacities. From 2009–2014 he was Director of the CDC Thailand Office (2012–2014), and Director of the CDC Global AIDS Program Thailand/Asia Regional Office (2009–2014). From 2004–2009 he was Director of the CDC Vietnam Office, leading the establishment of Vietnam as a PEPFAR focus country, as well as developing an influenza program and many other technical collaborations with Vietnam.

Kyle McGowan is the Chief of Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prior to joining CDC, Kyle most recently served as the Director of External Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Leandris Liburd, PhD, MPH, MA is the Associate Director for the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In this role she leads a wide range of critical functions in the agency’s work in minority health and health equity, women’s health, and diversity and inclusion management.

Michael F. Iademarco, MD, MPH, is the first permanent director of the Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (CSELS) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CSELS provides scientific service, expertise, skills, and tools in support of CDC’s mission. CSELS contains many of CDC’s core scientific services and products, including the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), The Community Guide, Epi Info^TM, the Epidemic Intelligence Service, the CDC Learning Connection, Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library, and crucial national disease surveillance systems.

Coleen A. Boyle, PhD, MSHyg, serves as Director of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) at CDC. Dr. Boyle began her career at CDC in 1984 as part of a large effort to study the adverse health effects of exposure to Agent Orange, a herbicide used during the Vietnam War.

Pat Breysse, PhD, CIH, joined CDC in December 2014 as the Director of NCEH/ATSDR. Dr. Breysse leads CDC’s efforts to investigate the relationship between environmental factors and health. He came to CDC from the Johns Hopkins University where he served as Associate Chair for Educational Programs within the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Program Director for the Industrial Hygiene Training Program, and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Childhood Asthma in the Urban Environment.

Nancy Messonnier, M.D., is Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD). Since beginning her public health career in 1995 as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer in 1995 in the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), Dr. Messonnier has held a number of leadership posts across CDC and within NCIRD.

Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH, is the Director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), and a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service. He oversees the nation’s efforts to prevent HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis.