Dr. Tevi Troy, Former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Joins the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies as a Senior Fellow

June 30, 2009  Tevi Troy, Ph.D., the former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and a writer and a consultant on health care and domestic policy, has joined the Potomac Institute as a Senior Fellow and will also serve as a key advisor to the National Security Health Policy Center, one of the Institute’s five academic centers.

Arlington, VA—Tevi Troy, Ph.D., the former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and a writer and a consultant on health care and domestic policy, has joined the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies as a Senior Fellow. Dr. Troy will also serve as a key advisor to the National Security Health Policy Center, one of the Institute’s five academic centers.

As Deputy Secretary of HHS, Dr. Troy was the chief operating officer of the largest civilian department in the federal government, with a budget of $716 billion and over 67,000 employees. In that position, he oversaw all operations, including Medicare, Medicaid, public health, medical research, food and drug safety, welfare, child and family services, disease prevention, and mental health services. He served as the Regulatory Policy Officer for HHS, overseeing the development and approval of all HHS regulations and significant guidance. In addition, he led a number of initiatives at HHS, including implementing the President's Management Agenda, combating bio-terrorism, and public health emergency preparedness.

“I am very excited to join one of the leading science and technology think tanks in the nation and to serve the American people through this new platform, by utilizing my knowledge of a multitude of policy issues confronting our nation – many of which zero in on the health and wellbeing of our citizens,” comments Dr. Troy.

Dr. Troy, who is also a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, has extensive White House experience, having served in multiple high-level positions over a five-year period, culminating in his service as Deputy Assistant and Acting Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, where he ran the Domestic Policy Council and was the White House’s lead adviser on health care, labor, education, transportation, immigration, crime, veterans and welfare. At the White House, Dr. Troy specialized in crisis management, creating intra-governmental consensus, and all aspects of policy development, including strategy, outreach and coalition building. Dr. Troy spearheaded the White House’s American Competitiveness Initiative, featured in the 2007 State of the Union Address.

“Dr. Troy brings to the Institute an amazing array of experience in senor level, strategic positions on the Hill, at the White House, and in key regulatory agencies. We are so proud to name him a Senior Fellow and now be able to draw upon his expertise as the Institute’s National Security Health Policy Center continues to focus its research efforts on enhancing the operational medicine capabilities of the military, other Federal providers, and the Nation’s greater healthcare infrastructure,” adds Michael S. Swetnam, Chairman and CEO of the Potomac Institute. “Dr. Troy will be a crucial member of our team as we work to examine how existing and new or proposed legislation, policies, and procedures impact the ability of the United States government to improve national security and ensure an effective capability to respond to a growing number of health threats.”

Dr. Troy has also served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Labor, where he was the Department’s lead regulatory strategist. At Labor, Dr. Troy crafted the Department’s new ergonomics policy, as well as plans for a compliance assistance strategy for the Department’s regulatory and enforcement arms.

Dr. Troy has held high-level positions on Capitol Hill as well. From 1998 to 2000, Dr. Troy served as the Policy Director for Senator John Ashcroft. From 1996 to 1998, Troy was Senior Domestic Policy Adviser and later Domestic Policy Director for the House Policy Committee, chaired by Christopher Cox. Dr. Troy has also been a Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute and a Researcher at the American Enterprise Institute.

He has a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in American Civilization from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Troy is the author of Intellectuals and the American Presidency: Philosophers, Jesters, or Technicians (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002), as well as numerous newspaper and magazines articles. He lives in Maryland with his wife Kami and four children.