White House COVID-19 Response Team should not be confused with White House Coronavirus Task Force.
| COVID-19 Response Team | |
| Preceding1: | COVID-19 Advisory Board |
| Preceding2: | White House Coronavirus Task Force |
| Preceding3: | Operation Warp Speed |
| Dissolved: | May 2023 |
| Superseding1: | Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy |
| Jurisdiction: | United States |
| Chief3 Name: | Dr. Ashish Jha |
| Chief3 Position: | Coronavirus Response Coordinator |
| Chief4 Name: | Lisa Barclay |
| Chief4 Position: | Deputy Coronavirus Response Coordinator |
| Chief5 Name: | David Kessler |
| Chief5 Position: | Chief Science Officer |
| Chief6 Name: | Vacant |
| Chief6 Position: | Chief Medical Advisor |
| Parent Agency: | Executive Office of the President of the United States |
| Agency Type: | White House Office |
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 President Joe Biden on his first day in office[1] January 20, 2021and replaced President 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.[2] [3]
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.[4]
| 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 | ||
| Cyrus Shahpar | Data Director | January 20, 2021 | ||
| Tom Inglesby | Testing Coordinator | January 12, 2022[5] [6] | ||
| Thomas Tsai | Testing and Treatments Coordinator | June 1, 2022[7] | ||
| Tim Manning | Supply Coordinator | January 20, 2021 | ||
| Nahid Bhadelia | Senior Policy Advisor for the Global COVID-19 Response | July 15, 2022[8] | ||
| Rochelle Walensky | Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | January 20, 2021 | ||
| Member | Current | Appointment | End of Tenure | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Slavitt | White House Senior Advisor | January 20, 2021 | June 9, 2021[9] | ||
| Bechara Choucair | Vaccinations Coordinator | January 20, 2021 | November 22, 2021[10] [11] | ||
| Carole Johnson | Testing Coordinator | January 20, 2021 | December 17, 2021 | ||
| Jeff Zients[12] | 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[13] | ||
| 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 | ||