Since re-joining HHS Secretary’s office in 2021 as a Counselor, Wolff has continued to move the needle to support HHS’s goals across public health and human services priorities and led complex policy development and implementation, including COVID-related policy in Head Start, as well as engagement with diverse partners, including the disability community, child welfare advocates, and local officials. Through her various roles at HHS, she has demonstrated the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, often with competing goals, to solve complex, high-stakes problems.
Wolff first joined the federal government at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in 2009, working in a variety of roles in the HHS Secretary’s office, including director of scheduling and advance, before joining the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to help manage the response to the 2014 influx of unaccompanied children, and the first chief of staff for the Office of Refugee Resettlement in 2015.
Kate Wolff, MPA, is CDC’s Chief of Staff. Wolff has more than 16 years of experience both inside and outside of government, creating positive organizational outcomes though strong collaboration, effective problem-solving, and crisis management.
