Johanne Morne
Johanne E. Morne, MS (she, her, hers) is the Executive Deputy Commissioner for the New York State Department of Health. Ms. Morne was appointed in August 2022 as a member of the Commissioner's Executive Leadership Team to lead the Department’s health equity and human rights planning, policy development, and programming.
Prior to her recent appointment, Ms. Morne worked for the AIDS Institute for 15 years, serving as the Director for six of those years. The AI portfolio includes HIV and other sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention and care, viral hepatitis prevention and treatment, drug user health and wellness, and LGBTQ+ health and human services.
Her leadership led to NYSDOH implementing essential policy changes to promote expanded access to HIV, STI and Hepatitis C prevention, treatment, and care, as well as furthering statewide harm reduction programming and LGBTQ+ service delivery.