Photo:  Jeff Zients speaks during a news briefing at Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. | Alex Wong/Getty Images

Marcella Nunez-Smith has been selected for a top role focused on health disparities

By ALICE MIRANDA OLLSTEIN and TYLER PAGER

12/03/2020 12:14 PM EST

Updated: 12/03/2020 01:58 PM EST

President-elect Joe Biden has tapped two close allies to oversee his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to two people familiar with the decision.

Transition co-chair and former Obama administration official Jeff Zients is set to serve as the White House’s Covid-19 coordinator and Vivek Murthy, the former U.S. surgeon general under Obama, will return to that role, but with a broader portfolio that will include acting as the top medical expert and public face of the effort.

Marcella Nunez-Smith, a co-chair of Biden’s Covid-19 advisory board, will also take a key role in the administration’s response, focused on health disparities.

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