Norris Cochran

He serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Budget, and was Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources in the United States Department of Health and Human Services throughout most of the Trump administration.

Norris Cochran
Acting United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
In office January 20, 2021 – March 19, 2021
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Alex Azar
Succeeded by	Xavier Becerra
In office January 20, 2017 – February 10, 2017
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Succeeded by	Tom Price
Personal details
Born	(1970-06-09) June 9, 1970 (age 53) California, U.S.[citation needed]
Education	University of California, Santa Barbara (BA) University of Texas at Austin (MPA)

Cochran received a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara in history of public policy in 1993. He earned a Master of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin's Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs in 1995.

Cochran first worked for the federal government in 1996 when he joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Between 2001 and 2006 he worked for the Health Division of the Office of Management and Budget.

On February 5, 2006, he joined the Department of Health and Human Services. As of 2007, he was the Director of the Division of Discretionary Programs. He has been Deputy Assistant Secretary of Budget, a Senior Executive Service position, since March 2009. This position involves being the Director of the HHS Office of Budget.