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Administrative Contact List
DSHS Description
HHS Executive Commissioner
Office of the Commissioner
John Hellerstedt, MD, Commissioner of Public Health
Manages:
- Jennifer Sims, Deputy Commissioner
- Imelda Garcia, MPH, Laboratory & Infectious Disease Services, Associate Commissioner
- David Gruber, Regional & Local Health Operations, Associate Commissioner
- Stephen Pahl, Consumer Protection, Associate Commissioner
- Manda Hall, MD, Community Health Improvement, Associate Commissioner
- Jennifer Shuford, MD,
MPH, Chief State Epidemiologist
- Kirk Cole, Senior Advisor
Office of the Deputy Commissioner
Jennifer Sims, Deputy Commissioner
HHSC Liaison
- Barbara Klein, JD, EMPL, DSHS General Counsel
Manages:
- Donna Sheppard, Chief Financial Officer
- Stephen Pont, MD,
MPH, Center for Public Health Policy & Practice Medical Director
- Roberto Beaty, Program Operations, Associate Commissioner
- Ricardo Garcia, Chief of Staff
Finance
Donna Sheppard, Chief Financial Officer
Manages:
- Christy Havel, Federal Funds, Deputy CFO
- Leslie Aguilar, Accounting, Director
- Amanda Hudson, Budget, Director
Center for Public Health Policy & Practice
Stephen Pont, MD, MPH, Center for Public Health Policy &
Practice Medical Director
Manages:
- Courtney Denzendorf, MPH, Office of Academic Affairs, Director
- Peter Hajmasy, Center for Health Policy and Performance, Director
Program Operations
Roberto Beaty, Associate Commissioner
Manages:
- Roger Faske, Program Specialist
- Gabe Pina, Program Support Operations, Director
- Danyale Bryant, Business Support & Planning, Director
- Patty Melchior, Contract Management, Director
- Ann Duncan, Fiscal Monitoring, Director
- Madhavi Koganti, Public Health Portfolio Project Manager
Chief of Staff
Ricky Garcia, Director
Manages:
- Rachael Hendrickson, Center for External Relations Director
- Carolyn Bivens, Center for System Coordination & Innovation Director
- Nicole Guerrero, HHS Internal Audit, Director
Center for
External Relations
Rachel Hendrickson,
Director
Manages:
- Jordan Hill,
Government Affairs, Director
- Jennifer Van
Gilder, Communications, Director
- Chris Van
Deusen, Media Relations,
Director
Center for System
Coordination and Innovation
Carolyn Bivens,
Director
Manages:
- Nikki Valencia,
Process Improvement, Director
Chief State Epidemiologist
Manages:
- Lisa Wyman, PhD, Center for Health Statistics,
Director
- (Vacant), Deputy State
Epidemiologist, Director
-
(Vacant), Data Governance, Director
Laboratory and Infectious Disease Services
Imelda Garcia, MPH, Associate Commissioner
Manages:
- Monica Gamez, Deputy Associate Commissioner
- Felipe Rocha, MSSW, TB/HIV/STD Section, Director
- Grace Kubin, PhD, Laboratory Services Section, Director
- Shawn Tupy, MT, MBA, Infectious Disease Prevention Section, Director
- Vacant, Infectious Disease Medical Officer
- Jodie Vanyo, MGPS, Senior Advisor
- Vacant, Public Health Informatics & Data Exchange, Director
Regional & Local Health Operations
Dave Gruber, Associate Commissioner
Manages:
- Nancy Ejuma, PhD, Deputy Associate Commissioner
- Jeff Hoogheem, Center for Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (CHEPR), Director
- Jessica Gutierrez-Rodriguez, Texas Center for Infectious Disease, Director
- Vacant, PhD, Office of Border Public Health, Director
- Angel Angco-Barrera,
MBA, BSN, RN, Public Health Nursing Director
- Peter Pendegrass, MD,
MPH, Preventive Medicine Residency Program Director
- Vacant, Region 1, Regional Medical Director
- Joel Massey, MD, MPH, Region 2/3, Regional Medical Director
- Sharon Huff, MD, MS, Region 4/5, Regional Medical Director
- Carlos Plasencia, MD, MSPH, Region 5/6, Regional Medical Director
- Sharon Melville, MD, MPH, Region 7, Regional Medical Director
- Lillian Ringsdorf, MD, MPH, Region 8, Regional Medical Director
- Rachel Sonne, MD, MPH, Region 9/10, Regional Medical Director
- Emilie Prot, DO, MPH, Region 11, Regional Medical Director
Consumer Protection
Stephen Pahl, Associate Commissioner
Manages:
- Luis Morales, MBA, Deputy Associate Commissioner
- Vacant, Division Office Operation Manager
- Chris Drews, Compliance, Manager
- Charlotte Sullivan, EdD, Business Filing & Verification, Manager
- Vacant, PhD, Policy, Standards & Quality Assurance, Director
- James Dillon, DVM, MPH, Meat Safety Assurance, Director
- Greg Wilburn, RN, Surveillance, Director
- Jorie Klein, RN, EMS/Trauma Systems, Director
Community Health Improvement
Manda Hall, MD, Associate Commissioner
Manages:
- Rachel Jew, Division Office, Operations Director
- Kelly Fegan-Bohm, CHI Medical Director
- Michelle Smith, Division Financial
Analyst Director
- Nimisha Bhakta, Health Promotion & Chronic Disease Prevention, Director
- Jeremy Triplett, Maternal & Child Health, Director
- Heidi Bojes, PhD, Environmental Epidemiology & Disease Registries, Director
- Tara Das, PhD, Vital Statistics Section, State Registrar