Shah to serve as Principal Deputy Director at the Federal agency beginning in March Governor Janet Mills announced today that Nirav D. Shah, Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC), has been appointed Principal Deputy Director at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC). Director Shah will assume the new role, second in leadership under U.S. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, in March.
Declaring “Hope Is Very Much Alive” in Maine, Governor Mills was sworn in to second term as Governor, January 4, 2023 at the Augusta Civic Center. Her speech follows: Mr. President, Madam Secretary of State, Madam Speaker, Madam Chief.