Lisa Waddell

Lisa Waddell (Col ’84 L/M) has been named chief medical officer for the CDC Foundation. As CMO, Waddell will manage COVID-19 response efforts, including directing the Foundation’s team of senior advisers, who are providing support to health departments across the nation, and the COVID-19 Corps surge staff hired as part of the response. Waddell joins the CDC Foundation from the March of Dimes, where she served as deputy chief medical and health officer and the senior vice president for Maternal and Child Health Impact nationwide. Waddell received her medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia, where she also completed her residency. She received her master’s in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.