John Auerbach is the Senior Vice President for Health at ICF International. As such, he is ICF’s primary federal health expert and thought leader within the company’s public sector business. Over the course of a thirty-year career, he has held senior public health positions at the federal, state, and local levels in both governmental and non-governmental organizations.

He was previously the Director of Intergovernmental and Strategic Affairs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), serving as the strategic advisor on CDC engagement with the government agencies at the federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial levels, public health partners, and other external partners. Earlier in his career, Auerbach was the CDC Associate Director and oversaw policy and the agency’s collaborative efforts with CMS, commercial payers, and large health systems.

For five years he served as the President and CEO of Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), where he oversaw TFAH’s work to promote sound public health policy and make disease prevention a national priority through research, reports, communications campaigns, and government relations.
During his six years as the Commissioner of Public Health for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, he developed innovative programs to promote health equity, combat chronic and infectious disease, and support the successful implementation of the state’s health care reform initiative.
As Boston’s health commissioner for nine years, he directed homeless, substance abuse, and emergency medical services for the city as well as a wide range of public health divisions