Deputy Director for Strategy and Implementation

Role at CDC

Locola serves as principal advisor to the OS Director on issues concerning health protection and health equity goals management, strategic planning, evaluation, policy, and legislation. She is responsible for spearheading strategy and goals. She ensures the alignment of goals and resource allocations, and for measuring, reporting, and improving performance on strategic priorities through leadership of cross-cutting office initiatives.

During her tenure at CDC, Locola has worked in various aspects of program management including strategy, management and operations, policy, and performance. Most recently, she served as the Management Official for the Office of Science, where she was responsible for providing day-to-day oversight and management of budget, staffing, and other operational aspects of the office.

Previous experience

Prior to joining the Office of Science, Locola served in the following roles:

• Deputy Director for the Program Performance and Evaluation Office in CDC’s Office of the Associate Director for Policy and Strategy.
• Risk Management Lead, Senior Public Health Advisor for Health Systems Reconstruction.
• Deputy Director for the Ebola Affected Country Office in the CDC Center for Global Health’s Division of Global Health Protection.
• International Task Force Deputy during the 2014 Ebola response and as Special Projects Lead.
• Performance Management Lead in the Office of the Associate Director for Program (now the Office of Policy, Performance, and Evaluation).