Biden has tapped three senior officials to coordinate vaccine, testing and supply chain strategy as part of his response to the worsening pandemic
From left, Bechara Choucair, senior vice president and chief health officer for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Hospitals; Carole Johnson, commissioner for New Jersey Department of Human Services; and Tim Manning, director of Washington operations and senior adviser at Pacific Disaster Center.
Biden has selected Bechara Choucair, a Kaiser Permanente executive, to be the nation's Covid-19 vaccine coordinator. Choucair, a family physician who previously served as Chicago's public health commissioner, has specialized in boosting health care access as chief health officer for Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest integrated health care delivery system.