Career Assignments

Deborah Parham Hopson is the Senior Public Health Scientist and Director, Center for Public Health Systems Innovation at The MayaTech Corporation, a small business consulting firm focused on improving public health delivery to populations in high need. Prior to joining MayaTech in 2018, Dr. Hopson served as the Senior Health Advisor for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) providing expert guidance on national and global public health issues, programs, policies, and initiatives with a particular emphasis on HIV/AIDS in the U.S., Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. She also served as the director of HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau for many years during which she was responsible for managing the $2.4 billion Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program which provided funds for care and treatment for over half a million underinsured people living with HIV in the United States and U.S. Territories. As part of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief or PEPFAR, she directed global HIV/AIDS programs in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. She is a Rear Admiral (retired) from the U.S. Public Health Service.

Education

Deborah has served on the boards of directors for several nonprofit organizations. She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the National Academy of Public Administration.

Dr. Parham Hopson earned her undergraduate degree in nursing and health from the University of Cincinnati and her masters and doctoral degrees in health policy and management from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Global Public Health.