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Human Foods Program Organization Chart - Text Version

March 2025

Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration
Human Foods Program

The following is the Food and Drug Administration, Human Foods Program organization structure depicting all the organizational structures reporting to the Deputy Commissioner. These organizational structures are organized in sequential order by their assigned Standard Administrative code (Alphanumeric sequence of characters beginning with the letter D).

Each organizational component will be depicted in the following standard format:

Title of Organization
Position title of the manager
Military rank if any, first name, middle initial if any, last name, post graduate degrees 
if any, and if the individual is designated as acting
Standard Administrative Code

Reports to the FDA Commissioner
Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods
Kyle Diamantas, JD
(Acting)
(DCR)

Reports to the Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods
Principal Deputy Director for Human Foods
Donald Prater, DVM
(DCRA)

The following Offices report directly to the Center Director

Office of Executive Programs
Director  
Laura Pillsbury
(DCRB)

Office of Strategic Programs
Director  
Suzanne Roosen
(DCRC)

Office of Policy and International Engagement
Director  
Megan Velez
(DCRD)

Office of Resource Management 
Director
Jeffery Domanski, MS
(DCRE)

Office of Communications, Education, and Engagement
Director  
Samarpita Das
(Acting)
(DCRF)

Office of Surveillance Strategy and Risk Prioritization
Director  
Katie Vierk, MPH
(DCRG)

Office of Coordinated Outbreak Response, Evaluation, and Emergency Preparedness
Director
Orville Harris II
(DCRH)

Office of Compliance and Enforcement
Director
Ann Oxenham, JD
(Acting)
(DCRI)

Office of Integrated Food Safety Systems Partnerships
Assistant Commissioner  
Erik Mettler
(DCRJ)

Office of Food Chemical Safety, Dietary Supplements and Innovation
Director  
Mark Hartman
(DCRK)

Nutrition Center of Excellence
Director
Robin McKinnon
(Acting)
(DCRL)

Office of Laboratory Operations and Applied Science Innovation
Director
Kis Robertson Hale 
(DCRM)

Office of Quality Assessment and Management
Director  
Ellen Buchanan
(Acting)
(DCRN)

Office of Microbiological Food Safety
Director  
Conrad Choiniere, PhD
(DCRO)

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