Executive Office

The Executive Office provides management oversight and guidance to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health's (NCCIH) business and administrative components in support of the Center’s mission. A primary responsibility of the Executive Office is to ensure that NCCIH is practicing responsible stewardship through developing human resources, establishing effective leadership, guiding management and administrative practices, and engineering business activities for efficiency. The Executive Office oversees the Office of Administrative Operations, which encompasses administrative management and financial management. NCCIH’s ethics and internal controls programs are also managed within the Executive Office. 

Ginger Betson 
Executive Officer
ginger.betson@nih.gov

Ann Ellis 
Deputy Executive Officer
ann.ellis@nih.gov

Troy Dildine
Scientific Diversity Advisor
troy.dildine@nih.gov   
 

Office of Administrative Operations

The Office of Administrative Operations consists of the several components, including the Administrative Office, Budget Office, Ethics Office, Management Analysis Office and the Information Technology Office. These components provide support to NCCIH’s senior management as well as front line administrative support to the Center’s internal and external customers.

Administrative Office

Sandy Putsky 
Senior Administrative Officer
sandy.putsky@nih.gov

Jeffrey Buxbaum
Administrative Officer
jeffrey.buxbaum@nih.gov

Cheree Grant
Administrative Officer
cheree.grant@nih.gov

Katie Howes 
Administrative Officer
katie.howes@nih.gov

Annice Lawrence
Administrative Officer
annice.lawrence@nih.gov

Christina Moon
Administrative Officer
christina.moon@nih.gov

James Thompson
Administrative Officer
james.thompson@nih.gov

Budget Office

Alisha Smith
Budget Officer
alisha.smith@nih.gov

Kuniko Barnett
Budget Analyst
kuniko.barnett@nih.gov

Joe Ellis
Budget Analyst
joe.ellis@nih.gov

Aaron Fenchel
Budget Analyst
aaron.fenchel@nih.gov

Ethics Office

Ginger Betson 
Ethics Counselor
ginger.betson@nih.gov

Loretta McDonald
Ethics Specialist
loretta.mcdonald@nih.gov

Management Analysis Office

Rebecca Coca
Supervisory Management Analyst
rebecca.coca@nih.gov

Rusinel Amarante
Management Analyst
rusinel.amarante@nih.gov

Bernice Duran
Management Analyst
bernice.duran@nih.gov

Karen Shaver
Management Analyst
karen.shaver@nih.gov

Information Technology Office

Eric Gallagher
Chief Information Officer
eric.gallagher@nih.gov

Ted Woo
Information System Security Officer
wootp@mail.nih.gov

Jon Baer
IT Specialist
jon.baer@nih.gov

Mat Caplan
IT Specialist 
mat.caplan@nih.gov

Zac Bagley 
IT Support Contractor
zac.bagley@nih.gov

Jacob Cochran
IT Specialist
jacob.cochran@nih.gov

Ryan Garrison-Linder
IT Support Contractor
ryan.garrison-lindner@nih.gov

Rohit Gautam
IT Development Contractor
rohit.gautam@nih.gov

Sidhant Jain      
IT Development Contractor 
sidhant.jain@nih.gov

Mailing Address:

Office of Administrative Operations
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
31 Center Drive, MSC 2182
Bethesda, MD 20892-2182