Agency Deputy Ethics Counselors and Ethics Coordinators

Office of the Secretary (OS) Agency StaffDiv Deputy Ethics Counselors (DECs) Ethics Coordinators (ECs)
Immediate Office of the Secretary (DS) (ES) (IOS) (ASL) (ASPA) (CFOI) (IEA) (ORD) (ONS) Office of Health Reform (OHR) Randall J. Hall
Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO)
Associate General Counsel
202-690-7258
Randall J. Hall
Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO)
Associate General Counsel
202-690-7258
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR)(includes OSDBU) Mark N. Brown
Director, Div. of the Office of Secretary
Budget (DOSB), Office of Budget (OB)
202-260-6237
Melissa Peachey
Ethics Coordinator
202-690-8554
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Lisa A. Lewis
Deputy National Coordinator for Operations/Chief Operating Officer
202-205-4105
Chartése D. Torrence, M.B.A.
Chief Ethics Officer
Director, Public Affairs and Communications
202-205-8094
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) Jennifer Burnszynski
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy
202-690-7409
Colette M. Magwood
Human Capital Director
202-260-6520
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration  (ASA) (Includes Office of Human Resource and Centers; PSC; and OCIO)

Christos Skeadas
Executive Director, Office of Enterprise Services, OCIO
202-815-5317

Britt Pratt
Senior Advisor
Office of Human Resources
202-604-0408

Diane C. Williamson
Director, Executive Talent Management
Office of Human Resources
202-205-4248
Office of Global Affairs (OGA) Vacant Carmen-Rosa Torres
Overseas Support Officer
202-260-1842
Departmental Appeals Board (DAB) Constance B. Tobias, Chair
Departmental Appeals Board
202-565-0114
Katherine Scott
Attorney-Advisor, Immediate Office of the Chair
202-205-0097
Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Steve D. Novy
Deputy Director, Planning and Business Administration Management
202-619-3339
Harold Henderson
Chief Executive Secretariat
202-205-2290
Office of the General Counsel (OGC) Randall J. Hall
DAEO
Associate General Counsel
202-690-7258
Randall J. Hall
DAEO
Associate General Counsel
202-690-7258
Office of Inspector General (OIG) Gregory E. Demske
Chief Counsel to IG
202-205-0568
Pamela Langer
Sr. Ethics Counsel
202-878-2903
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH)(formerly OPHS) and The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (PCSBI) RADM Paul Reed, MD
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Medicine/Science)
202-260-5219
Bennett McClure
Ethics Specialist
202-260-2861
Office of Medicare Hearings & Appeals (OMHA) Eileen C. McDaniel
Executive Director, Office of Management
571-777-2720
Daniel Hooven
Ethics Coordinator
517-777-2716
Agency/OPDIV Deputy Ethics Counselor Ethics Coordinators
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Ben Goldhaber
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration
202-401-9238
Yvette Q. Simpson
Director of Ethics
Office of Workforce Planning and Development
Email: Yvette.Simpson@acf.hhs.gov
Administration for Community Living (ACL) Edwin L. Walker
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aging 202-795-7463;
Dara Sutherland
Management Analyst
202-795-7698
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Bruce Immerman
Director, Administrative Services/OMS
301-427-1794
Vacant
Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Nikki Bratcher-Bowman
Director of Executive Management
202-730-4884
Elizabeth Reyes
Division of Human Capital
202-205-4679
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) includes Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)

Sylana Tramble
HRO Director
404-718-3422

Joseph Jenkins
Director, Ethics and Compliance Activity
404-718-8230
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Tia N. Butler
Director, Office of Human Capital
240-904-2718
Joseph L. Dion
Lead Ethics Program Administrator
410-786-8022
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) James (Jim) M. Sigg
Deputy Commissioner for Operations
240-402-8166
Asim Akbari
Director, Division of Ethics and Integrity
301-796-6959
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Wendy B. Ponton
Chief Operating Officer
301-443-4244;

Vacant

Indian Health Service (IHS) Lisa J. Gyorda
Director, Office of Human Resources
301-443-6520
Randolph B. Beasley III, APC/DPAPC
Director, Division of Personnel Security and Ethics
301-443-5113
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

For a roster of the DECs and ECs of the Institutes and Centers at NIH go to https://ethics.od.nih.gov/contacts
Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D.
NIH Deputy Director
301-496-2433
Tonia Smith Awoniyi
Director, NIH Ethics Office
301-402-3104
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Paolo del Vecchio
Director, Office of Management, Technology and Operations
240-276-1946;
Amy Brow
Management Analyst
240-276-1234

 

Designated Agency Ethics Official
Randall J. Hall

Phone: 202-690-7258

Alternate Designated
Agency Ethics Official
Vacant

Phone: 202-690-7258

 

If there are any problems with the contents of this web page, contact Molly McBurney at molly.mcburney@hhs.gov or Glenn Hancock at Glenn.Hancock@hhs.gov, Ethics Division, or call 202-690-7258.

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