Governor Tom Wolf is planning to nominate Alison Beam to serve as Secretary to the Department of Health.
If confirmed, Beam would replace departing secretary Dr. Rachel Levine following her historic appointment to the Biden Administration.
“Alison Beam is a talented public servant who brings years of experience in health care policy and implementation to this position,” said Governor Tom Wolf.
“Alison knows that a strong, widely available, and successful vaccination strategy is the path out of the pains of this pandemic.
"Her foremost and immediate focus will be on the strategic distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, making sure Pennsylvania receives as many doses as possible from the federal government, and that the Pennsylvania Department of Health coordinates with hospitals, health centers, county and local governments, and pharmacy partners to make this vaccine as widely available as possible to Pennsylvanians everywhere.”
Beam is currently Wolf's Deputy Chief of Staff. She graduated from Drexel University School of Law and also has a Bachelor of Science in Health Policy and Administration from the Pennsylvania State University.