COVID-19 Response Team
Agency overview
Formed20 January 2021 (2021-01-20)
Preceding agencies
DissolvedMay 2023
Superseding agency
  • Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy
TypeWhite House Office
JurisdictionUnited States
Agency executive
Parent agencyExecutive Office of the President of the United States
Websitewhitehouse.gov

The White House COVID-19 Response Team was the task force during the presidency of Joe Biden to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. It was set up by Joe Biden on his first day in office[1] – January 20, 2021 – and replaced President Trump's White House Coronavirus Task Force and Joe 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 pandemic 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.[2]

Members

Member Current Appointment
Joe Biden President of the United States January 20, 2021
Kamala Harris Vice President of the United States January 20, 2021
Ashish Jha Coordinator of the COVID-19 response April 5, 2022
Lisa Barclay Deputy Coronavirus Response Coordinator April 13, 2022
David A. Kessler Chief Science Officer of COVID Response
Former Commissioner of Food and Drugs
Former Co-chair of the COVID-19 Advisory Board
Former Head of Operation Warp Speed 		January 20, 2021
Vivek Murthy Surgeon General of the United States January 20, 2021
Abbe Gluck Special Counsel January 20, 2021
Eduardo Cisneros Director of Intergovernmental Affairs January 20, 2021
Ben Wakana Director of Strategic Communications and Engagement January 20, 2021
Clarke Humphrey Digital Director January 20, 2021
Dr. Cyrus Shahpar Data Director January 20, 2021
Tom Inglesby Testing Coordinator January 12, 2022[3][4][citation needed]
Dr. Thomas Tsai Testing and Treatments Coordinator June 1, 2022[5]
Tim Manning Supply Coordinator January 20, 2021
Dr. Nahid Bhadelia Senior Policy Advisor for the Global COVID-19 Response July 15, 2022[6]
Rochelle Walensky Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention January 20, 2021

Former members

Member Current Appointment End of Tenure
Andy Slavitt White House Senior Advisor January 20, 2021 June 9, 2021[7]
Bechara Choucair Vaccinations Coordinator January 20, 2021 November 22, 2021[8][9]
Carole Johnson Testing Coordinator January 20, 2021 December 17, 2021[4]
Jeffrey Zients[10] Covid-19 Response Coordinator
Assistant to the President
Counselor to the President 		January 20, 2021 April 5, 2022
Natalie Quillian Deputy Covid-19 Response Coordinator January 20, 2021 April 13, 2022[11]
Dr. Anthony Fauci Chief Medical Advisor to the President and Chief Medical Adviser for COVID Response
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Former member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force 		January 20, 2021 December 31, 2022

References

  1. ^ Hellmann, Jessie (January 20, 2021). "Biden inauguration marks shift in scattered COVID-19 response". The Hill. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  2. ^ House, The White (2023-07-21). "FACT SHEET: White House Launches Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy". The White House. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  3. ^ "White House Taps Inglesby as COVID Testing Coordinator". US News & World Report. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b "HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Welcomes Carole Johnson Back to HHS as New HRSA Administrator". HHS.gov. December 17, 2021.
  5. ^ "Medicare fund buys time with pandemic and inflation". Politico. 3 June 2022.
  6. ^ Okun, Eli (14 July 2022). "POLITICO Playbook PM: Biden to Iran: 'We're not going to wait forever'". POLITICO. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  7. ^ "Andy Slavitt stepping down from White House Covid-19 response role". Politico. June 9, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  8. ^ Tozzi, John (November 21, 2021). "Biden Vaccinations Coordinator Choucair Leaving White House". Bloomberg News. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  9. ^ "Bechara Choucair on LinkedIn: Today marks my last day as the White House Vaccinations Coordinator | 292 comments". www.linkedin.com.
  10. ^ "White House Senior Staff". Biden-Harris Transition. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
  11. ^ Jeremy Diamond and Kate Sullivan (13 April 2022). "White House taps top HHS lawyer as No. 2 Covid response official". CNN. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
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