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Acknowledgments
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would like to recognize the efforts of the Physical Activity
Guidelines Co-Executive Secretaries and other Federal staff who oversaw the work of the 2018 Physical
Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee and served on the writing team.
Co-Executive Secretaries
Office of Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion
Richard D. Olson, MD, MPH
Designated Federal Officer
Katrina L. Piercy, PhD, RD, ACSM-CEP
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Public Health Service
Alternate Designated Federal Officer
Co-chair, writing team
National Institutes of Health
Richard P. Troiano, PhD
Captain, U.S. Public Health Service
Co-chair, writing team
Rachel M. Ballard, MD, MPH
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
Janet E. Fulton, PhD
Additional Writing Team
Members
Office of Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion
Alison Vaux-Bjerke, MPH
Julia B. Quam, MSPH, RDN
National Institutes of Health
Stephanie M. George, PhD, MPH, MA
Kyle Sprow, MPH, CSCS
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
Susan A. Carlson, PhD, MPH
Eric T. Hyde, MPH
President’s Council on Sports,
Fitness & Nutrition
Kate Olscamp, MPH
Deborah A. Galuska, PhD, MPH
President’s Council on Sports,
Fitness & Nutrition
Shellie Y. Pfohl, MS (through September 2016)
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