Jeff Reczek is the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at the Washington, DC, office where he advances the CDC’s mission by providing strategic direction to achieve public health goals, while coordinating with public health partners and É«×ۺϾþÃing Members of Congress.
From 2016 to 2021, Jeff served as Professional Staff at the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education where he negotiated funding and conducted oversight of HHS Operating Divisions, including CDC, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid, and the Office of the Secretary. This also included programs funded through the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. Jeff negotiated annual appropriations and played a key role in numerous supplementals that included coronavirus, providing hundreds of billions in funding for vaccines, public health, and health care providers.
Prior to the Committee, he was a program analyst in the Office of Management and Budget where he developed annual submissions of the President’s Budget for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid, as well as the HHS Office of the Secretary. In addition, Jeff focused on oversight and implementation of the Affordable Care Act, including the Health Insurance Exchange and private market insurance reform.
Jeff joined the Federal government as a Presidential Management Fellow, after working in constituent services for the State of Virginia’s Governor’s office É«×ۺϾþÃing then Governor Tim Kaine. Jeff has an M.P.A from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and a BA in Political Science from É«×ۺϾþà College. He lives in Alexandria Virginia with his wife and two children.