Office of the Chief Operating Officer (OCOO)

Staff Bio

Christa Capozzola is the acting chief operating officer and the acting director of the Office of the Chief Operating Officer (OCOO) at CDC.

Christa Capozzola

Role at CDC

In this role, Capozzola oversees management, facilities, and operations at CDC. She provides executive oversight for CDC's budget; facilities design, maintenance, security, management analysis, and safety and personnel security; acquisitions, contractual assistance, and grants; information technology and security; and human resources strategy, training, and workplace development.

Previous experience

Capozzola previously served as CDC’s Global Health Center deputy director for management, operations, communications and policy from 2023 to 2025. Capozzola joined CDC in 2015 as chief financial officer and director of the Office of Financial Resources, where she spent 8 years leading critical systems, human capital investments, and organizational improvements, for which she earned a Presidential Rank Award in 2023.

Before joining CDC, Capozzola served for five years at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), as director of Budget and Resource Management and as deputy assistant administrator in the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance. Capozzola also worked for seven years at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), where she served as chief for International Economic Affairs in the National Security Division and was appointed to the Senior Executive Service.

Capozzola’s public and private sector management experience also includes roles at the U.S. Department of State, global NGOs, management consulting and capital markets. Capozzola is a Returned Peace Corps volunteer, having served in the community agriculture program in Peace Corps Mauritania in the Senegal River Valley.

Education

Capozzola is a graduate of Tufts University and Yale University School of Management.