President Biden is filling leadership roles in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with health policy experts – including disability advocate Alison Barkoff – who served in the Obama administration. Barkoff will be a top administrator in the Administration for Community Living, the funding agency for university centers on disabilities including CDS. Barkoff was most recently the advocacy director at the Center for Public Representation and previously worked on disability-related issues with the Departments of Justice, HHS and Labor.