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COVID-19 Response Team

Agency overview
Formed	20 January 2021 (2021-01-20)
Preceding agencies	COVID-19 Advisory Board White House Coronavirus Task Force Operation Warp Speed
Dissolved	May 2023
Superseding agency	Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy
Type	White House Office
Jurisdiction	United States
Agency executive	Dr. Ashish Jha, Coronavirus Response Coordinator Lisa Barclay, Deputy Coronavirus Response Coordinator David Kessler, Chief Science Officer Vacant, Chief Medical Advisor
Parent agency	Executive Office of the President of the United States
Website	whitehouse.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 President Joe Biden on his first day in office – January 20, 2021 – and 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.

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

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
	Thomas Tsai	Testing and Treatments Coordinator	June 1, 2022
	Tim Manning	Supply Coordinator	January 20, 2021
	Nahid Bhadelia	Senior Policy Advisor for the Global COVID-19 Response	July 15, 2022
	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
	Bechara Choucair	Vaccinations Coordinator	January 20, 2021	November 22, 2021
	Carole Johnson	Testing Coordinator	January 20, 2021	December 17, 2021
	Jeff Zients	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
	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

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