Deborah Parham Hopson is the Senior Public Health Scientist and Director, Center for Public Health Systems Innovation at The MayaTech Corporation. MayaTech is a small business consulting and technical services firm with a focus on supporting the improvement of public health delivery systems to local, national, and international populations in high need. Prior to joining MayaTech in 2018, Dr. Hopson served as the Senior Health Advisor for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). She also served as the director of HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau for many years during which she was responsible for managing the $2.4 billion Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program which provided funds for medical care, treatment and support services for over ½ million uninsured and underinsured people living with HIV (PLWH) disease in the United States and U.S. Territories. Dr. Parham Hopson earned her undergraduate degree in nursing and health from the University of Cincinnati and her masters and doctoral degrees in health policy and management from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health.