The White House COVID-19 Response Team was a task force during the presidency of Joe Biden to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. It was set up by President Joe Biden on his first day in officeJanuary 20, 2021and replaced President Donald Trump's White House Coronavirus Task Force and President 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 emergency officially ended in the United States.
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.
Members MemberCurrentAppointmentJoe BidenPresident of the United StatesJanuary 20, 2021Kamala HarrisVice President of the United StatesJanuary 20, 2021Ashish JhaCoordinator of the COVID-19 responseApril 5, 2022Lisa BarclayDeputy Coronavirus Response CoordinatorApril 13, 2022David A. KesslerChief Science Officer of COVID ResponseFormer Commissioner of Food and DrugsFormer Co-chair of the COVID-19 Advisory BoardFormer Head of Operation Warp SpeedJanuary 20, 2021Vivek MurthySurgeon General of the United StatesJanuary 20, 2021Abbe GluckSpecial CounselJanuary 20, 2021Eduardo CisnerosDirector of Intergovernmental AffairsJanuary 20, 2021Ben WakanaDirector of Strategic Communications and EngagementJanuary 20, 2021Clarke HumphreyDigital DirectorJanuary 20, 2021Cyrus ShahparData DirectorJanuary 20, 2021Tom InglesbyTesting CoordinatorJanuary 3, 2022Thomas TsaiTesting and Treatments CoordinatorJune 1, 2022Tim ManningSupply CoordinatorJanuary 20, 2021Nahid BhadeliaSenior Policy Advisor for the Global COVID-19 ResponseJuly 15, 2022Rochelle WalenskyDirector of the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionJanuary 20, 2021
Former members MemberCurrentAppointmentEnd of tenureAndy SlavittWhite House Senior AdvisorJanuary 20, 2021June 9, 2021Bechara ChoucairVaccinations CoordinatorJanuary 20, 2021November 22, 2021Carole JohnsonTesting CoordinatorJanuary 20, 2021December 17, 2021Jeff ZientsCovid-19 Response CoordinatorAssistant to the PresidentCounselor to the PresidentJanuary 20, 2021April 5, 2022Natalie QuillianDeputy Covid-19 Response CoordinatorJanuary 20, 2021April 13, 2022Anthony FauciChief Medical Advisor to the President and Chief Medical Adviser for COVID ResponseDirector of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesFormer member of the White House Coronavirus Task ForceJanuary 20, 2021December 31, 2022
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