DSHS Executive Team

Commissioner
Jennifer Shuford, MD, MPH

Deputy Commissioner
Kirk Cole

Senior Advisor
Barbara Klein, J.D., EMPL

Chief Financial Officer
Donna Sheppard

Associate Commissioner of Community Health Improvement
Manda Hall, MD

Associate Commissioner of Consumer Protection
Timothy Stevenson, DVM, PhD, DACVM, DACVPM-Epidemiology

Associate Commissioner of Laboratory and Infectious Disease Services
Imelda Garcia, MPH

Associate Commissioner of Program Operations
Roberto Beaty

Center for Public Health Policy & Practice
Stephen J. Pont, MD, MPH, FAAP

Acting Chief State Epidemiologist
Varun Shetty, MD, MBA, MS