Staff Bio
Rebecca Greco Koné, MPH is the acting director of National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD).
Role at CDC
Rebeca Greco Koné serves as the acting director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD). In this role, she leads CDC’s efforts to detect, prevent, and respond to vaccine-preventable and respiratory infectious disease threats. She provides executive oversight of NCIRD's programs and priorities, helping guide investments, partnerships, and strategies to meet the needs of all populations at risk for vaccine-preventable disease throughout the lifespan.
Previous experience
As a member of NCIRD's executive team, Ms. Greco Koné normally serves as NCIRD's Deputy Director for Management, Operations, Communications and Policy. In this role, she serves as principal advisor to the director on matters of operational strategy and coordination in NCIRD, across CDC, and with external partners. Ms. Greco Koné has served in multiple senior leadership roles across centers and offices at CDC, including as senior advisor for CDC Moving Forward; co-lead of the Vaccine Task Force during the COVID-19 response; and senior advisor for program strategy in the office of the Deputy Director for Public Health Service and Implementation Science. She was the first country director for the CDC Office in Burkina Faso and was acting associate director for policy in the Center for Global Health.
Ms. Greco Koné's experience at CDC has focused on policy, strategy, and program implementation to advance CDC's mission. She joined CDC in 2006 as a Public Health Prevention Service fellow working at a local health department in Durham, North Carolina. During her early days at CDC she worked as a project officer supporting state and local health departments in their efforts to leverage policy interventions to prevent injuries and violence. Ms. Greco Koné began her career in public health as a water and sanitation volunteer with the U.S. Peace Corps, working in a remote village in Cote d'Ivoire.