The United States secretary of labor is a member of the Cabinet of the United States,and as the head of the United States Department of Labor,controls the department,and enforces and suggests laws involving unions,the workplace,and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies.
The United States secretary of health and human services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services,and serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all health matters. The secretary is a member of the United States Cabinet. The office was formerly Secretary of Health,Education,and Welfare. In 1980,the Department of Health,Education,and Welfare was renamed the Department of Health and Human Services,and its education functions and Rehabilitation Services Administration were transferred to the new United States Department of Education. Patricia Roberts Harris headed the department before and after it was renamed.
The United States secretary of transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to transportation. The secretary is a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States,and is fourteenth in the presidential line of succession.
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health,safety,and well-being of America". Before the separate federal Department of Education was created in 1979,it was called the Department of Health,Education,and Welfare (HEW).
The United States secretary of homeland security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security,the federal department tasked with ensuring public safety in the United States. The secretary is a member of the Cabinet of the United States. The position was created by the Homeland Security Act following the attacks of September 11,2001.
Alex Michael Azar II is an American attorney,businessman,lobbyist,and former pharmaceutical executive who served as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2018 to 2021. Azar was nominated to his post by President Donald Trump on November 13,2017,and confirmed by the United States Senate on January 24,2018. He was also chairman of the White House Coronavirus Task Force from its inception in January 2020 to February 2020,when he was replaced by Vice President Mike Pence.
Thomas Alfred Shannon Jr. is an American diplomat who served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2016 to 2018. In early 2017,Shannon served as acting United States Secretary of State until President Donald Trump's nominee,Rex Tillerson,was confirmed. He was also acting Deputy Secretary of State of the United States until the Senate confirmed President Trump's nominee,John J. Sullivan.
Terry L. Cline is an American psychologist and public health policy specialist from Oklahoma. Cline resigned on October 30,2017 from the Oklahoma State Department of Health. He has served in various positions under Governors of Oklahoma Frank Keating (R),Brad Henry (D),and Mary Fallin (R). Cline resigned his position after financial mismanagement was discovered within the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
Eric David Hargan is an American lawyer and government official who served as United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services from October 2017 to January 2021. A member of the Republican Party,Hargan previously acted in this role in 2007 under the George W. Bush administration.
Jerry Regier is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services As of August 2017. He provides leadership on policy analysis and development in human services and on research under the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) for Secretary Mike Leavitt.
James M. Galloway is an American medical doctor and public health physician. Galloway served as the Regional Health Administrator for the United States Department of Health and Human Services for the six eastern states that comprise Region V under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He also served as the Senior Federal Official for Health for Pandemic Influenza and Bioterrorism for the Department of Homeland Security's Region C,which includes an additional six states. Galloway was the lead for one of CDC's lead efforts as the Director of the Office of Health System Collaboration,integrating clinical care and public health at a national level.
Brett P. Giroir is an American pediatrician and a former four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. He currently serves on the board of directors for Remote Area Medical,and as the chief medical advisor for Gauss Surgical. He previously served as the 16th assistant secretary for health during the Trump administration from February 15,2018,to January 19,2021. He concurrently served as the secretary's principal public health and science adviser,the senior adviser for the Health Resources and Services Administration,the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration as well as the senior adviser to the secretary for Opioid Policy. From 2020 to 2021,he served additionally as the director of the U.S. coronavirus diagnostic testing,and as the U.S. representative on the World Health Organization Executive Board. As COVID-19 testing czar,he was part of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. It is headed by the Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging,who reports directly to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACL's Principal Deputy Administrator serves as Senior Advisor to the HHS Secretary for Disability Policy.
Jim O'Neill is an American science and technology investor and former official at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He was a managing director at Peter Thiel’s Mithril Capital in Silicon Valley. O'Neill was CEO of SENS Research Foundation until his departure in July 2021.
Norris Whitehouse Cochran IV is an American government official who served as the acting United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from January to March 2021,having also served in this role previously in 2017. He serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Budget,and was Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources in the United States Department of Health and Human Services throughout most of the Trump administration.
Kevin Kealoha McAleenan is an American attorney and government official who unlawfully served as the acting United States secretary of homeland security from April to November 2019.
Patrick Pizzella is an American government official who has served as the 36th United States Deputy Secretary of Labor from April 17,2018 to January 20,2021. He was formerly a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority appointed by President Barack Obama. He held positions in several agencies during four prior Administrations. In 2019,after the resignation of Alexander Acosta,Pizzella served as the acting United States Secretary of Labor for more than 2 months.
Robert Peter Kadlec is an American physician and career officer in the United States Air Force who served as Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services from August 2017 until January 2021.
Donald John Wright is an American physician,government official,and diplomat serving as United States Ambassador to Tanzania since 2020.
