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Don Wright, MD, MPH | Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health
Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rockville, MD
Dr. Don Wright has been the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health and Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) since January 3, 2012. In this capacity, he leads the coordination and policy development for public health and prevention activities within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ODPHP is responsible for Healthy People 2020, a framework for public health priorities and actions comprised of a comprehensive set of 10-year national health objectives. As Director of ODPHP, he also provides leadership for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, evidence-based nutrition policy, and is the Chief Medical Advisor for healthfinder.gov. Dr. Wright also serves as the Acting Director of the Office of Research Integrity.
Prior to joining the ODPHP team, Dr. Wright served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Healthcare Quality. From 2007 to 2009, he was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health within HHS. During this time, he was appointed by the president to serve as the alternate U.S. delegate to the World Health Organization Executive Board. Before joining HHS, Dr. Wright was Director of the Office of Occupational Medicine for the U.S. Department of Labor, where he built strong governmental and non-governmental partnerships addressing safety and health.
Dr. Wright received an undergraduate degree from Texas Tech University, a medical degree from the University of Texas, and a master’s degree in public health from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed his family medicine residency training at Baylor College of Medicine and is board-certified in both Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Angie Tagtow, MS, RD | Executive Director
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Food and Nutrition Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Alexandria, VA
Appointed in July 2014, Angela Tagtow is the Executive Director for the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington, DC. CNPP works to improve the health and well-being of Americans by developing and promoting dietary guidance that links scientific research to the nutrition needs of consumers.
As a registered dietitian, Ms. Tagtow brings to the Federal government over 20 years of experience in food and nutrition policy, public health nutrition, surveillance systems, research, professional and consumer communication, grant writing, social marketing, training and education.
Most recently, she operated a successful consulting firm that provided assessment and evaluation, policy development, and communication and education services to diverse clients that worked toward advancing greater access to healthful food and reducing the rates of diet-related chronic disease.
Ms. Tagtow has extensive experience working on issues related to USDA’s Food, Nutrition and Consumer Service programs. Her leadership includes conceptualizing, launching and serving as the managing editor of the Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, co-founding a statewide non-profit focused on health and food systems, and forming a statewide community of practice that advances evidence-based strategies to increase access to healthful food. In addition, she served in a leadership position with the Iowa Department of Public Health’s (IDPH) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children Program and later as a technical expert with the IDPH’s Community Transformation Initiative.
Ms. Tagtow has served in several professional leadership positions within the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Iowa Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior, and American Public Health Association, and as an editorial board member of the Childhood Obesity Journal. In addition to publishing several peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, she has served as a Food and Society Policy Fellow with the University of Missouri, Thomas Jefferson Institute, and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and has been recognized for her professional contributions by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Hunger and Environmental Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group.
Ms. Tagtow is a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa and Iowa State University. She recently served as an Endowed Chair, Senior Fellow at the University of Minnesota, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences.
Kellie Casavale, PhD, RD | Nutrition Advisor
Division of Prevention Science
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rockville, MD
Kellie Casavale supported the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in its leadership of the development of the 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans policy document, supporting both the Federal process and content development. She was one of four Co-Executive Secretaries who led the process for the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee). In addition, she was a member of the policy document writing staff for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010.
She is a Nutrition Advisor in the Division of Prevention Science at HHS’s Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion where she has worked since October of 2012. Previously, she was employed for 7 years at USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion where she was part of the core team that supported the 2010 Advisory Committee and managed the process for updating the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and served on the Healthy Eating Index research team lead by USDA. Dr. Casavale completed her Doctorate in nutritional sciences and internship in dietetics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where her dissertation research focused on school-based environmental and educational interventions for childhood obesity prevention. Dr. Casavale is a Registered Dietitian.
Eve Stoody, PhD | Lead Nutritionist
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Food and Nutrition Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Alexandria, VA
Eve Essery Stoody, PhD is the Lead Nutritionist of Nutrition Guidance for the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington, D.C. CNPP works to improve the health and well-being of Americans by developing and promoting dietary guidance that links scientific research to the nutrition needs of consumers. One of her primary assignments is to support the Dietary Guidelines for Americans revision process. Dr. Stoody assisted the 2010 and 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committees throughout their deliberations. She was also a member of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 Policy Document writing staff and played a lead role in the development of the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines. Prior to her current role at CNPP, Dr. Stoody was a Lead Analyst for USDA’s Nutrition Evidence Library, where she served as Project Manager for the Dietary Patterns Systematic Review Project. She was also a Fellow at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Dr. Stoody received her Bachelor of Science in biology with a minor in nutrition from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas and her Doctorate in nutrition from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas.
Amber Mosher, MPH, RD | Senior Fellow
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rockville, MD
Amber Mosher is a senior fellow in the Division of Prevention Science at the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In her role as senior fellow, Ms. Mosher manages ODPHP’s communication activities for the 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines, including strategic planning, audience research, and product development. Ms. Mosher served as a policy writer for the 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and supported the work of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. While at ODPHP, Ms. Mosher has also authored speeches and public statements for senior government officials, including the President, U.S. Surgeon General, and HHS Secretary, Assistant Secretary for Health, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health. She previously served as Communication Coordinator for the North Carolina Dietetic Association.
Ms. Mosher received a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, and a Master of Public Health in Nutrition from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She is a registered dietitian.
Stephenie Fu | Senior Policy Advisor
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Food and Nutrition Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Alexandria, VA
As Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP), Ms. Fu provides counsel to leadership and drives strategic integration across CNPP to help advance its mission to improve the health and well-being of Americans by developing and promoting dietary guidance that links scientific research to the nutrition needs of consumers. She leads strategic planning, issues management, governmental affairs, and stakeholder strategies for CNPP’s initiatives, which include the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, Nutrition Evidence Library, Healthy Eating Index, and MyPlate. Ms. Fu served as a policy writer for the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and as senior counsel on the translation of the latest Dietary Guidelines into new MyPlate consumer efforts through audience research, message development, and campaign creation. Prior to joining CNPP, she worked with its staff and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over the years as external counsel through the testing and development of the 2005 and 2010 editions of the Dietary Guidelines consumer messaging and consumer tools, including the development of MyPyramid, MyPlate, and SuperTracker. She was also external counsel to the National Cancer Institute for more than 10 years leading the consumer campaign for the 5 A Day for Better Health program, and led consumer nutrition campaigns for the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society.
Ms. Fu received a Bachelor of Arts in communication from the American University. She is a frequent guest speaker on behavior change program development and communication.
Applying the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans in Public Health Practice