DSHS Organizational Chart
DSHS Description
Office of the Commissioner
Jennifer A. Shuford, MD, MPH, Commissioner of Public Health
Manages:
- Barbara L. Klein, JD, EMPL, Senior Advisor
- Kirk Cole, Deputy Commissioner
- Varun Shetty, MD, Acting Chief State Epidemiologist
- Imelda Garcia, MPH, Laboratory & Infectious Disease Services, Associate Commissioner
- David Gruber, Regional & Local Health Operations, Associate Commissioner
- Timothy Stevenson, DVM, PhD, Consumer Protection, Associate Commissioner
- Manda Hall, MD, Community Health Improvement, Associate Commissioner
- Cynthia Hernandez, DSHS General Counsel
- Nicole Guerrero, HHS Internal Audit, Director
- Rick Blanco, Information Resources Manager
Senior Advisor
Barbara L Klein, JD, EMPL
Office of the Deputy Commissioner
Kirk Cole, Deputy Commissioner
Manages:
- Ricardo Garcia, Chief of Staff
- Stephen Pont, MD, MPH, Center for Public Health Policy & Practice Medical Director
- Donna Sheppard, Chief Financial Officer
- Roberto Beaty, Program Operations, Associate Commissioner
Chief of Staff
Ricky Garcia, Chief of Staff
Manages:
- Rachael Hendrickson, Center for External Relations, Director
- Mercy Bryant, Center for System Coordination & Innovation, Director
Center for External Relations
Rachael Hendrickson, Director
Manages:
- Jordan Hill, Government Affairs, Director
- Jennifer Van Gilder, Communications, Director
- Chris Van Deusen, Media Relations, Director
Center for System Coordination and Innovation
Mercy Bryant, PHD, MBA, Director
Manages:
- Yesenia Rodriguez, Process Improvement, Director
- Angelica Martinez, Executive Operations and Support Manager
Center for Public Health Policy & Practice
Stephen Pont, MD, MPH, Medical Director
Manages:
- Courtney Denzendorf, MPH, Office of Practice & Learning, Director
- Aelia Khan Akhtar, Office of Public Health Policy, Director
- Elizabeth Howard, MD, Residency Program, Director
Chief Financial Officer
Donna Sheppard, Chief Financial Officer
Manages:
- Christy Havel, Federal Funds, Deputy CFO
- Leslie Aguilar, Accounting, Director
- Amanda Hudson, Budget, Director
Program Operations
Roberto Beaty, Associate Commissioner
Manages:
- Danyale Bryant, Business Support & Planning, Director
- Ann Duncan, Fiscal Monitoring, Director
- Gabe Pina, Program Support Operations, Director
- Patty Melchior, Contract Management, Director
- Madhavi Koganti, Public Health Portfolio Project Manager
Chief State Epidemiologist
Varun Shetty, MD, Acting
Manages:
- Diana Martinez, PhD, Deputy State Epidemiologist, Director
- Chris Aker, Interim, Center for Health Statistics, Director
- Carrie Bradford, PhD, Data Governance, Director
Laboratory and Infectious Disease Services
Imelda Garcia, MPH, Associate Commissioner
Manages:
- Monica Gamez, Deputy Associate Commissioner
- Grace Kubin, PhD, Laboratory Services Section, Director
- Paul Grunenwald, DVM, Infectious Disease Prevention Section, Director
- Josh Hutchison, HIV/STD Section, Director
- Vacant, Immunization Section Director
Regional & Local Health Operations
Dave Gruber, Associate Commissioner
Manages:
- Rachel Samsel, MSSW, Deputy Associate Commissioner
- Jeff Hoogheem, Center for Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (CHEPR), Director
- John Lopez, Texas Center for Infectious Disease, Director
- Karin Hopkins, Office of Border Public Health, Director
- Scott Milton, MD, Region 1, Regional Medical Director
- Aurelia Schmalstieg, MD, Region 2/3, Regional Medical Director
- Sharon Huff, MD, MS, Region 4/5, Regional Medical Director
- Carlos Plasencia, MD, MSPH, Region 5/6, Regional Medical Director
- Sharon Melville, MD, MPH, Region 7, Regional Medical Director
- Lillian Ringsdorf, MD, MPH, Region 8, Regional Medical Director
- Rachel Sonne, MD, MPH, Region 9/10, Regional Medical Director
- Emilie Prot, MD, DO, MPH, Region 11, Regional Medical Director
Consumer Protection
Timothy Stevenson, DVM, PhD, Associate Commissioner
Manages:
- Luis Morales, MBA, Deputy Associate Commissioner
- Chris Drews, Compliance, Director
- Annabelle Dillard, Environmental Director
- Kevin Veal, PhD, Food and Drug, Director
- James Dillon, DVM, MPH, Meat Safety Assurance, Director
- Lisa Bruedigan, RT, RDMS, Radiation, Director
- Jorie Klein, MSN, MHA, BSN, RN, EMS/Trauma Systems, Director
Community Health Improvement
Manda Hall, MD, Associate Commissioner
Manages:
- Jeremy Triplett, Deputy Associate Commissioner
- Lori Gabbert-Charney, Maternal & Child Health, Director
- Tara Das, PhD, Vital Statistics, State Registrar
- Heidi Bojes, PhD, Environmental Epidemiology & Disease Registries, Director
- Nimisha Bhakta, Health Promotion & Chronic Disease Prevention, Director