Travis Hoppe is the Associate Director for Data Science and Analytics at the National Center for Health Statistics within the Centers for Disease Control. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Drexel University, and served his post-docs at the National Institutes of Health. He serves as the CDC representative for the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) for AI/ML, a standing member of the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM), and leads research, development, and policy work on AI at the CDC.