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Past CDC Directors/Administrators

Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH

2021 – 2023:
Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH

Robert R. Redfield, MD

2018 – 2021:
Robert R. Redfield, MD

Brenda Fitzgerald, MD

2017 – 2018:
Brenda Fitzgerald, MD

Tom Frieden, MD, MPH

2009 – 2017:
Tom Frieden, MD, MPH

Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH

2002 – 2009:
Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH

Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD, MPH

1998 – 2002:
Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD, MPH

David Satcher, MD, PhD

1993 – 1998:
David Satcher, MD, PhD

William L. Roper, MD, MPH

1990 – 1993:
William L. Roper, MD, MPH

James O. Mason, MD, MPH

1983 – 1989:
James O. Mason, MD, Dr.PH

William H. Foege, MD, MPH

1977 – 1983:
William H. Foege, MD, MPH

David J. Sencer, MD, MPH

1966 – 1977:
David J. Sencer, MD, MPH

James L. Goddard, MD, MPH

1962 – 1966:
James L. Goddard, MD, MPH

Clarence A. Smith, MD, MPH

1960 – 1962:
Clarence A. Smith, MD, MPH

Robert J. Anderson, MD, MPH

1956 – 1960:
Robert J. Anderson, MD, MPH

Theodore J. Bauer, MD

1953 – 1956:
Theodore J. Bauer, MD

Justin M. Andrews, ScD

1952 – 1953:
Justin M. Andrews, ScD

Raymond A. Vonderlehr, MD

1947 – 1951:
Raymond A. Vonderlehr, MD

Mark D. Hollis, ScD

1944 – 1946:
*Mark D. Hollis, ScD

L.L. Williams, MD

1942 – 1943:
*L.L. Williams, MD
(MCWA Director)

*Malaria Control in War Areas (MCWA) Executive Officers; MCWA headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. CDC continued the work of MCWA and grew to become the nation’s lead public health agency.