Ms. Arlene Joyner is the Director of the Center for Industrial Base Management and Supply Chain for the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In this role, she is responsible for leading HHS efforts on Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Personal Protective Equipment, Testing and Diagnostics, and Supply Chain Optimization.
Ms. Joyner’s
previous roles within ASPR include Deputy Director for the Pharmaceutical
Countermeasures Infrastructure Division and Branch Chief for the Pharmaceutical
Countermeasure Infrastructure (PCI) Department within the Center for the
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) where she
started her federal service 11 years ago in 2011. Prior to joining ASPR,
Ms. Joyner worked for six years at Merck and Company in Quality Auditing and
Vaccine Manufacturing Operations, and 16 years at Baxter Vaccines Division as a
Manufacturing Manager, Materials Management and Supply Chain Manager, and
Manufacturing Operations Director. Ms. Joyner holds a Bachelors degree in
Chemical Engineering from Penn State University and a Master of Science in
Chemical Engineering from Villanova University.