The White House has picked Jim O’Neill, the deputy secretary at Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s HHS, to serve as interim CDC director, per a report in The Washington Post.
The top CDC post was vacated Wednesday night after the White House said Director Susan Monarez was removed from that office.
O’Neill has an investor background. He was CEO of the Thiel Foundation from 2009 to 2012 and managing director at Mithril Capital Management from 2012 to 2019.
Although he has never worked at CDC or has a public health background, O’Neill has served at HHS in prior Republican administrations with roles including associate deputy secretary and principal associate deputy secretary.
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