Eric Hargan
Bio
Eric D. Hargan is the founder and CEO of The Hargan Group in Washington, D.C., a full-service consulting firm with unparalleled experience offering regulatory guidance, public health innovation and strategic public policy solutions. He has 30 years of experience working for public and private sectors and unique insight and experience working for the U.S. government. Mr. Hargan served as the deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 2017-21, as well as acting secretary from 2017-18. From 2003-07, he also served at HHS in a variety of capacities, including as acting deputy secretary. Beginning in spring 2020, Mr. Hargan served on the board of OperationWarp Speed, coordinating HHS agencies and working with multiple public- and private-sector entities to facilitate efforts across the entire endeavor in developing vaccines and therapeutics. With more than80,000 employees across 26 divisions, HHS is the largest department in the federal government and has an annual budget in excess of $1.3 trillion. As deputy secretary, Mr. Hargan oversaw the development and approval of all HHS, CMS and FDA regulations and significant guidances, as well as the day-to-day operations and management of the department, while leading policy and strategy development. InMarch 2020, he launched the $175 billion Provider Relief Fund. Mr. Hargan convened the HHS-WhiteHouse team, coordinating with HRSA to administer, and United Health Group to service, the fund’s operations, resulting in $26 billion in relief sent to providers in under two weeks from passage of theCARES Act. In between his times at HHS, Mr. Hargan was a practicing attorney specializing in healthcare regulation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and government relations. He currently serves on the boards of University Hospitals, based in Cleveland; Alio Medical, based in San Francisco; and Tomorrow Health, based in New York. In addition, he is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the TexasPublic Policy Foundation and a Fellow of the Health Evolution Forum. Mr. Hargan received his B.A.cum laude from Harvard University and his J.D. from Columbia University Law School, where he was senior editor of the Columbia Law Review.