Commissioner |
John Hellerstedt, MD (512-776-7363) |
Deputy Commissioner |
Kirk Cole (512-776-7376) |
Senior Advisor |
Barbara L Klein, JD, EMPL (512-776-7376) |
Legal |
Cynthia Hernandez (512-776-7236) |
HHS Internal Audit |
Nicole Guerrero (512-428-1953) |
Chief of Staff |
Ricky Garcia (512-776-7376) |
Center for External Relations |
Rachael Hendrickson (512-776-3765) |
Communications |
Jennifer Van Gilder (512-776-6085) |
Governmental Affairs |
Jordan Hill (512-776-3246) |
Media Relations |
Chris Van Deusen (512-776-7119) |
Center for System Coordination & Innovation |
Mercy Bryant, PhD, MBA (512-776-2370) |
Process Improvement |
Yesenia Rodriguez (512-776-7404) |
Executive Operations and Support |
Angelica Martinez (512-776-6509) |
Chief State Epidemiologist |
Jennifer Shuford, MD, MPH (512-776-7789) |
Deputy State Epidemiologist |
Diana Martinez, PhD (512-776-7198) |
Center for Health Statistics |
Lisa Wyman, PhD (512-776-3548) |
Data Governance |
Carrie Bradford, PhD (512-776-7180) |
Senior Scientific Advisor | Saroj Rai, PhD, MPH |
Center for Public Health Policy & Practice |
Stephen Pont, MD, MPH (512-776-6483) |
Office of Practice & Learning |
Courtney Dezendorf, MPH (512-776-3751) |
Office of Public Health Policy & Practice |
Aelia Akhtar (512-776-7324) |
Partnership Lead |
Vacant |
Chief Financial Officer |
Donna Sheppard (512-776-7640) |
Deputy Chief Financial Officer |
Christy Havel (512-776-7426) |
Accounting Section |
Leslie Aguilar (512-776-2227) |
Claims Unit |
Steve Tamez (512-776-2525) |
Assistant Accounting Director |
Barbara Kelly-King (512-776-2589)
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Requisition Unit Manager |
Vernell McBride (512-776-2108) |
Grants |
Elaine McHard (512-776-6646) |
Revenue Management Unit |
Ashley Cheatham (512-776-2658) |
General Ledger Unit |
Wayne Hill (512-776-2217) |
Budget Section |
Amanda Hudson (512-776-6931) |
Assistant Budget Director |
Ann Casey (512-776-7566) |
Associate Commissioner for Program Operations |
Roberto Beaty (512-776-7153) |
Business Support & Planning |
Danyale Bryant (512-776-7642) |
Contract Management |
Patty Melchior (512-776-2115) |
Fiscal Monitoring |
Ann Duncan (512-776-6991) |
Program Support Operations |
Gabe Pina (512-776-3642) |
Public Health Portfolio |
Madhavi Koganti (512-776-6194) |
Associate Commissioner for Consumer Protection |
Timothy Stevenson, DVM, PhD (512-834-6660) |
Deputy Associate Commissioner |
Luis Morales (512-834-6775) |
Compliance |
Chris Drews (512-834-6621) |
Environmental |
Charlotte Sullivan, Ed (512-834-6730) |
EMS / Trauma Systems |
Jorie Klein (512-834-6745) |
Food and Drug |
Kevin Veal (512-231-5658) |
Radiation |
Lisa Bruedigan (512-834-6629) |
Meat Safety Assurance |
James Dillon, DVM, MPH (512-834-6760) |
Associate Commissioner for Laboratory & Infectious Disease Services |
Imelda Garcia, MPH (512-776-7679) |
Deputy Associate Commissioner |
Monica Gamez (512-776-6678) |
Infectious Disease Medical Officer |
Vacant |
Public Health Informatics & Data Exchange Director |
Vacant |
Laboratory Services Section |
Grace Kubin, PhD (512-776-2468) |
Infectious Disease Prevention |
Paul Grunenwald, DVM |
TB/HIV/STD |
Josh Hutchison, Interim (512-776-7234) |
Special Projects Coordinator |
Adesuwa Ebornwonvi |
Immunization Section Director |
Antonio Aragon, Interim |
Associate Commissioner for Regional & Local Health Operations |
David Gruber (512-776-7770) |
Deputy Associate Commissioner |
Nancy Ejuma, PhD (512-776-3164) |
Center for Health Emergency Preparedness & Response (CHEPR) |
Jeff Hoogheem (512-776-7219) |
Texas Center for Infectious Disease |
John Lopez |
Office of Border Public Health |
Karin Hopkins (512-810-7182) |
Public Health Nursing |
Angel Angco-Barrera, MBA, BSN, RN |
Preventive Medicine Residency |
Peter Pendegrass, MD, MPH |
Public Health Regions (PHR) |
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Public Health Region 1 |
Scott Milton (806-744-3577) |
Public Health Region 2/3 |
Aurelia Schmalstieg, MD (817-264-4500) |
Public Health Region 4/5 |
Sharon Huff, MD, MS (903-595-3585) |
Public Health Region 6/5 |
Carlos Plasencia, MD, MSPH (713-767-3000) |
Public Health Region 7 |
Sharon Melville, MD, MPH (254-778-6744) |
Public Health Region 8 |
Lillian Ringsdorf, MD, MPH (210-949-2000) |
Public Health Region 9/10 |
Rachel Sonne, MD, MPH (915-834-7675) |
Public Health Region 11 |
Emilie Prot, MD, DO, MPH (956-423-0130) |
Associate Commissioner for Community Health Improvement |
Manda Hall, MD (512-776-7321) |
Deputy Associate Commissioner |
Jeremy Triplett (512-776-2184) |
Medical Director |
Kelly Fegan-Bohm, MD, MPH |
Maternal & Child Health Director |
Lori Gabbert-Charney |
Vital Statistics - State Registrar |
Tara Das, PhD (512-776-7646)
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Environmental Epidemiology & Disease Registries |
Heidi Bojes, PhD, MPH (512-776-6351) |
Health Promotion & Chronic Disease Prevention |
Nimisha Bhakta, MPH |
Office of Coordination & Special Projects |
Karen Ruggiero, PhD (512-776-2749) |
Health & Human Services Commission – Human Resources |
1-888-894-4747 |
Health & Human Services Commission – Civil Rights Office |
1-888-388-6332 or 512-438-4313 |