Who was the head of the pandemic response team that Trump canned?

[NewJeffCT]

I was trying to find the info, but I found Ron Klain, the Ebola Czar, and Beth Cameron, the biology PhD from Johns Hopkins who wrote the op-ed in the Post the other day. Couldn't find out who the team head/leader was.

[Pachamama]

1. I believe it was Tom Bossert

Here is his OP-ED in the Washington Post this week.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/09/its-now-or-never-us-if-it-hopes-keep-coronavirus-burning-out-control/#comments-wrapper

I also saw him interviewed. Smart guy and imagine, he was who was picked by the Trump administration to take over the group that Obama and Biden set up.

This is chilling and should wake Americans up to realize that indeed Trump and his incompetence put us all at risk and many will die because of him.

[NewJeffCT]

2. I think Bossert was a Trump appointee

if I'm not mistaken

[Pachamama]

4. I believe it was a woman who I also saw interviewed

She had dark hair pulled back - early to Mid 50’s

Saw her on MSNBC and she spoke about how they formed the group and operated it and spoke respectfully of Tom Bossert.

[NewJeffCT]

7. Bossert has been critical of Trump in recent months

and actually seemed reasonably qualified for his job

[NewJeffCT]

8. The woman might be Beth Cameron

she was one of the top people, but I don't think she was the overall leader.

[FreeState]

3. Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/05/10/top-white-house-official-in-charge-of-pandemic-response-exits-abruptly/

May 10, 2018 at 1:32 p.m. PDT
The top White House official responsible for leading the U.S. response in the event of a deadly pandemic has left the administration, and the global health security team he oversaw has been disbanded under a reorganization by national security adviser John Bolton.

The abrupt departure of Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer from the National Security Council means no senior administration official is now focused solely on global health security. Ziemer’s departure, along with the breakup of his team, comes at a time when many experts say the country is already underprepared for the increasing risks of a pandemic or bioterrorism attack.

[exboyfil]

5. He works for USAID now

so I suspect he will circumspect in his comments.

[NewJeffCT]

6. thanks -

wikipedia has him as head of Bush Jr's Global Malaria initiative from 2006-17 and then appointed by Trump to the team.