White House Coronavirus Task Force

Former U.S. President Donald Trump and members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force brief the media on March 16, 2020.

The White House Coronavirus Task Force was a United States Department of State task force that focuses on the spread and limiting of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).^[1] The task force was created on January 29, 2020.^[2]

On February 26, 2020, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was named to chair the task force, and Deborah Birx was named the response coordinator.^[3] Other members have been added since the initial appointments.^[4]

Members

Member		Role	Appointment
	Mike Pence	Vice President of the United States Chair of White House Coronavirus Task Force	February 26, 2020[3]
	Deborah Birx	United States Global AIDS Coordinator White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator	February 26, 2020[3]
	Jerome Adams	Surgeon General of the United States	February 26, 2020[3]
	Alex Azar	United States Secretary of Health and Human Services	January 29, 2020[2]
	Stephen Biegun	United States Deputy Secretary of State	January 29, 2020[2]
	Robert Blair	Senior Advisor to the White House Chief of Staff	January 29, 2020[2]
	Ben Carson	United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	March 1, 2020[5]
	Francis Collins	Director of the National Institutes of Health	May 15, 2020[4]
	Ken Cuccinelli	Acting United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security	January 29, 2020[2]
	Kelvin Droegemeier	Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy	March 1, 2020[5]
	Thomas J. Engels	Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration	May 15, 2020[4]
	Anthony Fauci	Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	January 29, 2020[2]
	Joe Grogan	Director of the Domestic Policy Council	January 29, 2020[2]
	Stephen Hahn	Commissioner of Food and Drugs	March 1, 2020[5]
	Derek Kan	Executive Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget	January 29, 2020[2]
	Larry Kudlow	Director of the National Economic Council	February 26, 2020[3]
	Chris Liddell	White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Coordination	January 29, 2020[2]
	Peter Marks	Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research	May 15, 2020[4]
	Steven Mnuchin	United States Secretary of the Treasury	February 26, 2020[3]
	Robert O'Brien	National Security Advisor	January 29, 2020[2]
	Sonny Perdue	United States Secretary of Agriculture	May 15, 2020[4]
	Matthew Pottinger	Deputy National Security Advisor	January 29, 2020[2]
	Robert R. Redfield	Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	January 29, 2020[2]
	Eugene Scalia	United States Secretary of Labor	May 15, 2020[4]
	Joel Szabat	Acting Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy	January 29, 2020[2]
	Seema Verma	Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	March 2, 2020[6]
	Robert Wilkie	United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs	March 2, 2020[6]

References

1. "Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019)". U.S. Department of State. March 13, 2020. Archived from the original on March 8, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
2. "Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding the President's Coronavirus Task Force" (Press release). White House. January 29, 2020. Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
3. Santucci J (February 27, 2020). "What we know about the White House coronavirus task force now that Mike Pence is in charge". USA Today. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
4. "New Members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force Announced". WhiteHouse.gov (Press release). May 15, 2020. Archived from the original on May 15, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
5. "Vice President Pence and Secretary Azar Add Key Administration Officials to the Coronavirus Task Force" (Press release). White House. March 1, 2020. Archived from the original on March 4, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
6. Chalfant M (March 2, 2020). "White House adds VA secretary, CMS chief to coronavirus task force". The Hill. Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.