Vera Fan Tait is Chief Medical Officer of The American Academy of Pediatrics, a pediatric neurologist, brings years of experience in child health and wellness, family-centered care in medical homes, children with special needs and health care delivery systems. She is currently the Chief Medical Officer of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and has oversight of all disaster preparedness activities, as well as AAP ZIKA initiatives in the US and globally. In addition to the Policy Development of the AAP, she directs initiatives such as gun violence prevention, Extension for Community Health Care Outcomes (ECHO), and physician leadership, wellness, and equity. For over 10 years she directed the Department of Child Health and Wellness which includes many of the strategic priorities of the Academy including Early Brain and Child Development, Institute of Healthy Childhood Weight and Bright Futures (which is the anticipatory, preventative guidance for children, adolescents and young adults from birth to 21 years of age) as well as the National Center on Early Childhood Health and Wellness which addresses health in Head Start and Child Care.