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Not to be confused with White House Coronavirus Task Force.
COVID-19 Response Team
Agency overview
Formed20 January 2021 (2021-01-20)
Preceding agencies
TypeWhite House Office
JurisdictionUnited States
Agency executives
Parent agencyExecutive Office of the President of the United States
Websitewhitehouse.gov

The White House COVID-19 Response Team was established on the last day of Donald Trump's presidency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, replacing President Trump's White House Coronavirus Task Force and Joe Biden's transitionary COVID-19 Advisory Board.

Members

Member Current Appointment
Joe Biden President of the United States January 20, 2021
Kamala Harris Vice President of the United States January 20, 2021
Jeffrey Zients[1] Assistant to the President
Counselor to the President 		January 20, 2021
Ashish Jha Coordinator of the COVID-19 response March 17, 2022
Lisa Barclay Deputy Coronavirus Response Coordinator April 13, 2022
David A. Kessler Chief Science Officer of COVID Response
Former Commissioner of Food and Drugs
Former Co-chair of the COVID-19 Advisory Board
Former Head of Operation Warp Speed 		January 20, 2021
Dr. Anthony Fauci Chief Medical Advisor to the President and Chief Medical Adviser for COVID Response
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Former member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force 		January 20, 2021
Portrait of Vivek Murthy Vice Admiral
Vivek Murthy 		Surgeon General of the United States January 20, 2021
Abbe Gluck Special Counsel January 20, 2021
Eduardo Cisneros Director of Intergovernmental Affairs January 20, 2021
Ben Wakana Director of Strategic Communications and Engagement January 20, 2021
Clarke Humphrey Digital Director January 20, 2021
Dr. Cyrus Shahpar Data Director January 20, 2021
Tom Inglesby Testing Coordinator January 12, 2022[2][3][citation needed]
Dr. Thomas Tsai Testing and Treatments Coordinator June 1, 2022[4]
Tim Manning Supply Coordinator January 20, 2021
Dr. Nahid Bhadelia Global COVID-19 Response July 15, 2022[5]
Rochelle Walensky Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention January 20, 2021

Former members

Member Current Appointment End of Tenure
Andy Slavitt White House Senior Advisor January 20, 2021 June 9, 2021[6]
Bechara Choucair Vaccinations Coordinator January 20, 2021 November 22, 2021[7][8]
Carole Johnson Testing Coordinator January 20, 2021 December 17, 2021[3]
Natalie Quillian Deputy Covid-19 Response Coordinator January 20, 2021 April 13, 2022[9]

References

  1. ^ "White House Senior Staff". Biden-Harris Transition. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-01-12/white-house-taps-inglesby-as-covid-testing-coordinator [bare URL]
  3. ^ a b "HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Welcomes Carole Johnson Back to HHS as New HRSA Administrator". HHS.gov. December 17, 2021.
  4. ^ "Medicare fund buys time with pandemic and inflation". Politico.
  5. ^ Okun, Eli. "POLITICO Playbook PM: Biden to Iran: 'We're not going to wait forever'". POLITICO. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  6. ^ "Andy Slavitt stepping down from White House Covid-19 response role". Politico. June 9, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  7. ^ Tozzi, John (November 21, 2021). "Biden Vaccinations Coordinator Choucair Leaving White House". Bloomberg News. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  8. ^ "Bechara Choucair on LinkedIn: Today marks my last day as the White House Vaccinations Coordinator | 292 comments". www.linkedin.com.
  9. ^ CNN, Jeremy Diamond and Kate Sullivan. "White House taps top HHS lawyer as No. 2 Covid response official". CNN. Retrieved 2022-08-29. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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