Stephanie Psaki

Stephanie Psaki is an expert on biological threats, pandemic preparedness, and the intersection of global health and national security. Appointed by President Biden as the inaugural U.S. Coordinator for Global Health Security — a position mandated by Congress — she directed the U.S. government's response to some of the most consequential biological threats of the past decade, from mpox to Marburg to Ebola. As a senior member of the National Security Council staff, Stephanie led the development and implementation of the 2024 U.S. Global Health Security Strategy and spearheaded the U.S. government’s $500 million response to the Central African mpox outbreak. She also coordinated the U.S. government’s leadership of the largest-ever replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria — mobilizing $15.7 billion from governments, the private sector, and philanthropy. Before joining the White House, Stephanie co-founded and scaled the GIRL Center at the Population Council, one of the world's leading applied research centers on adolescent health. Her research has been published in leading scientific journals and cited by U.S. government agencies and the United Nations. Her commentary has appeared in The Atlantic, TIME, Vox, STAT News, and Health Affairs. Stephanie holds a Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a Master's degree from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She currently serves as Board Chair of the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition and a member of the Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security at CSIS.