The Path Forward in the Biden Administration Webinar with Kyle McGowan and Amanda Campbell

As the former Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff of the CDC during the height of the agency’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kyle McGowan and Amanda Campbell share their insight on the challenges the Biden administration has faced in adjusting the Federal response and how the steps that will be necessary to get the nation back to a sense of normalcy.

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should understand what the road to “normal” looks like as the Federal governments tactics and strategies evolve under the Biden administration.

Kyle McGowan has over a decade of federal service in both the legislative and executive branch. He was most recently the Chief of Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In that role, he oversaw the day-to-day operations and served as the senior advisor to the CDC Director on all matters before the agency. He provided strategic planning and guidance for the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the EVALI vaping epidemic as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. Kyle also worked as the senior liaison to the White House, U.S. Dep. of Health and Human Service, World Health Organization, and the U.S. Agency for International Development on all public health matters and issues of national security.

Prior to joining CDC, Kyle served as the Director of External Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In that capacity, he worked in the immediate office of the Secretary and across all HHS staff and operating divisions to listen to and coordinate with external groups. He worked closely with the Secretary’s public affairs team to amplify and spread HHS’s priorities directly to external groups and partners and worked directly on many of the department’s priority issues including the opioids epidemic, drug pricing, and health reform.

Before joining the Department of Health and Human Services, Kyle served as the Deputy Chief of Staff to Congressman Tom Price, M.D. In that role, he helped the Congressman develop a comprehensive strategy to promote priorities to constituents, local business leaders, and other elected officials. Kyle has worked for multiple members of Congress and has experience running several congressional and statewide campaigns. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs.

Amanda Campbell, a Georgia native, has spent the past 8 years working on health care and Federal budget policy in a variety of roles throughout the Federal government, with extensive experience in both Congress and the Executive branch. During her time in Congress, Amanda worked in both the Congressional office serving fellow Georgians and as professional staff for the House Budget Committee under the leadership of then-Congressman Tom Price, M.D. Her experience includes drafting and passing legislation, developing significant policy initiatives, supporting numerous committee hearings, and testifying before Congress.

In 2017, Amanda joined the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). She served on both the transition and beachhead teams before serving as Policy Advisor in the Immediate Office of the Secretary on health care reform, the budget, and ReImagine HHS, the Department-wide effort to become more effective and efficient. Amanda also served in the Department’s budget office starting in January 2018 and managed the relations with the Appropriations Committees during development of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018.

Most recently, Amanda served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) where she successfully led the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative within the Office of the Director, which was named a Presidential initiative and secured new HIV funding from Congress. She also supported multiple responses, including the COVID-19 response, working directly with HHS and the White House on a variety of activities and policy efforts. Throughout her time at CDC, Amanda provided policy support to the CDC Director and Chief of Staff on agency priorities, including development of CDC’s strategic framework and issues related to the budget and congressional relations.

Amanda completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Georgia and her master’s degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology.