Anthony (Tony) McCann is the new associate administrator for financial management and chief financial officer (CFO) in HRSA’s Office of Financial Management (OFM). OFM is responsible for HRSA’s financial operations, fiscal policy, financial reports and analysis, budget formulation, budget execution and internal controls. McCann’s previous experience includes positions as:

• The HHS CFO and the Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget;
• CFO in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs;
• Clerk/Staff Director for the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education; and
• Secretary of Maryland’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, where he managed the state’s health services and public health programs, including Medicaid.

Photo: Anthony (Tony) McCann

Remy Aronoff is the new deputy associate administrator in the Healthcare Systems Bureau; he served as the acting deputy associate administrator since May 2006. Aronoff has administrative and management responsibilities for the following programs:

• Organ Procurement and Transplant Network;
• Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Program;
• Vaccine Injury Compensation Program;
• Poison Control Centers Program; and
• Section 340B Drug Pricing Program.

Photo: Remy Aronoff

Tina Cheatham is the new director of the Office of Communications; she has served as the acting director since June 2006. Cheatham joined HRSA in January 2000 and has coordinated national outreach campaigns for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, led special projects in the Office of Rural Health Policy, and, most recently, managed efforts to improve the agency’s response to controlled correspondence.

Cheatham’s experience in the Federal government has been varied. She worked on Medicaid policy in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Dallas and began her Federal career providing direct services to people in need of Social Security benefits. As part of a special outreach project, she made Social Security services more accessible for homeless people and for people living with HIV/AIDS.

“From working with Dallas AIDS service providers, Healthy Start, homeless projects, and making referrals to the Martin Luther King or Los Barrios health centers, I learned early in my career the huge impact of HRSA programs in local communities,” Cheatham said.

Photo: Tina Cheatham