ICF International, Inc. announced that John Auerbach has joined ICF as a senior executive and strategic adviser for its U.S. federal health business. Auerbach comes to ICF from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where he served as the director of intergovernmental and strategic affairs, leading the agency's engagement with federal, state, local, tribal and territorial agencies and other external partners. In addition, he oversaw CDC's health equity advisory group and served as a chief equity officer for the agency's COVID-19 response.

Sitting within ICF's health, human services and workforce business, Auerbach will draw on his public sector leadership experience to help guide the company's work in emerging federal health markets and identify ways to better support agencies with their long-term goals. He will also offer industry-informed insights on challenges faced by federal health agencies, drawing from ICF's over 2,600 federal health, social programs, workforce and organizational strategy experts and over 40 years of experience in this space. Prior to the CDC, Auerbach was the public health commissioner for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the former president and CEO of Trust for America's Health, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting sound public health policy and making disease prevention a national priority through research, reports and communications campaigns.

Auerbach has co-authored numerous publications covering topics ranging from the social determinants of health, mental health, substance misuse, the health and wellbeing of older adults and more, and was a recipient of the American Public Health Association's Excellence in Public Health Award.