White House COVID-19 Response Team
Federal agency
- COVID-19 Advisory Board
- White House Coronavirus Task Force
- Operation Warp Speed
- Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy
- Dr. Ashish Jha, Coronavirus Response Coordinator
- Lisa Barclay, Deputy Coronavirus Response Coordinator
- David Kessler, Chief Science Officer
- Vacant, Chief Medical Advisor
The White House COVID-19 Response Team was the task force during the presidency of Joe Biden to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. It was set up by Joe Biden on his first day in office[1] – January 20, 2021 – and replaced President Trump's White House Coronavirus Task Force and Joe Biden's transitional COVID-19 Advisory Board.
The task force was established by Executive Order 13987.
The task force disbanded in May 2023 when the COVID-19 pandemic officially ended in the United States.[2][3]
In July 2023, the Biden Administration created the Office of the Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy to help prepare the United States for the next pandemic.[4]
Members
| Member | Current | Appointment | |
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 | Joe Biden | President of the United States | January 20, 2021 |
 | Kamala Harris | Vice President of the United States | January 20, 2021 |
 | Ashish Jha | Coordinator of the COVID-19 response | April 5, 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 |
 | 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 | |
| Cyrus Shahpar | Data Director | January 20, 2021 | |
| Tom Inglesby | Testing Coordinator | January 12, 2022[5][6][citation needed] | |
| Thomas Tsai | Testing and Treatments Coordinator | June 1, 2022[7] | |
| Tim Manning | Supply Coordinator | January 20, 2021 | |
| Nahid Bhadelia | Senior Policy Advisor for the Global COVID-19 Response | July 15, 2022[8] | |
 | 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[9] |
 | Bechara Choucair | Vaccinations Coordinator | January 20, 2021 | November 22, 2021[10][11] |
 | Carole Johnson | Testing Coordinator | January 20, 2021 | December 17, 2021[6] |
 | Jeffrey Zients[12] | Covid-19 Response Coordinator Assistant to the President Counselor to the President | January 20, 2021 | April 5, 2022 |
| Natalie Quillian | Deputy Covid-19 Response Coordinator | January 20, 2021 | April 13, 2022[13] | |
 | 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 | December 31, 2022 |
References
- ^ Hellmann, Jessie (January 20, 2021). "Biden inauguration marks shift in scattered COVID-19 response". The Hill. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ "CDC Archives". archive.cdc.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ Diamond, Jeremy (2023-03-23). "White House to disband Covid-19 response team in May | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ House, The White (2023-07-21). "FACT SHEET: White House Launches Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy". The White House. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "White House Taps Inglesby as COVID Testing Coordinator". US News & World Report. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ a b "HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Welcomes Carole Johnson Back to HHS as New HRSA Administrator". HHS.gov. December 17, 2021.
- ^ "Medicare fund buys time with pandemic and inflation". Politico. 3 June 2022.
- ^ Okun, Eli (14 July 2022). "POLITICO Playbook PM: Biden to Iran: 'We're not going to wait forever'". POLITICO. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ^ "Andy Slavitt stepping down from White House Covid-19 response role". Politico. June 9, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
- ^ Tozzi, John (November 21, 2021). "Biden Vaccinations Coordinator Choucair Leaving White House". Bloomberg News. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Bechara Choucair on LinkedIn: Today marks my last day as the White House Vaccinations Coordinator | 292 comments". www.linkedin.com.
- ^ "White House Senior Staff". Biden-Harris Transition. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ Jeremy Diamond and Kate Sullivan (13 April 2022). "White House taps top HHS lawyer as No. 2 Covid response official". CNN. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
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