DSHS Executive Team

Commissioner
Jennifer Shuford, MD, MPH

Deputy Commissioner
Kirk Cole

Senior Advisor
Imelda Garcia

Senior Compliance & Accountability Official
Barbara L. Klein, J.D., EMPL

Chief Financial Officer
Christy Havel

Associate Commissioner of Community Health Improvement
Manda Hall, MD

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

Associate Commissioner of Infectious Disease Prevention Services
Joshua Hutchison, MBA

Associate Commissioner of Laboratory Services
Grace Kubin, Ph.D.

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