Former AFPI
Heidi Overton,M.D., Ph.D.
FORMER: Vice Chair, Center for a Healthy America & Chief Policy Officer
Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord and not for people.
- Colossians 3:23
Dr. Heidi Overton is from Gallup, New Mexico, and is currently Deputy Director, White House Domestic Policy Council. While at AFPI she served as Chief Policy Officer and Vice Chair, Center for a Healthy America. Overton recently served as a White House Fellow in 2019-2020 in both the Office of American Innovation and the Domestic Policy Council and is board-certified in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine. Previously, Overton was a general surgery resident at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a physician advocate for price and quality transparency in healthcare through Restoring Medicine. During medical school, Overton was appointed by Governor Susana Martinez to serve on the University of New Mexico (UNM) Board of Regents, which included fiduciary and full-voting responsibilities for all business and clinical operations of the university and health system. Overton graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Health, Medicine, and Human Values from UNM’s Combined BA/MD Program, received her medical degree from the UNM School of Medicine, and obtained her Ph.D. in Clinical Investigation from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Overton loves living in our nation’s capital and enjoys traveling to see family and friends around the country, especially going back home, where she gets her fill of New Mexico red and green chile and can improve her favorite new hobby – golf – in the bright blue skies and sunshine of the high desert.
Topics
- Protecting Kids Online
- Safeguarding the Homeland
- Innovation
- Rural Prosperity
- Farmers First
- American Land Protection
- Responsible Nutrition Policy
- Criminal Justice & Public Safety
- The Courts
- Government Weaponization
- Law & Order
- Merit-based Employment
- Prison Reform
- Debt
- Inflation
- Trade
- Work & Jobs
- American Dream
- Post Secondary Education
- K-12 Education Freedom
- Public School Transparency
- American Only Elections
- Clean Votes
- Secure Elections
- Energy
- Environment
- Big Tech & Censorship
- Budget, Spending, & Taxes
- Government De-Regulation
- The Administrative State
- Rogue Prosecutors Citizens Rights
- Regulatory Reform
- Healthcare Reform
- Public Health
- Transgenderism
- Border & Immigration
- Human Trafficking
- Asia
- Europe
- Defense
- Israel & the Middle East
- The Western Hemisphere
- China Policy Initiative
- Marriage, Family, & Children
- Faith & Religious Liberty
- Sanctity of Life
- Parental Rights
- Protect Women’s Sports
Type
- Bill Analysis
- Commentary
- Congressional Testimony
- Events
- Expert Insights
- Fact Sheet
- Issue Brief
- Litigation
- Memo
- Model Executive Order
- News
- News Release
- Op-Ed
- Podcast
- Policy
- Research Report
- Statement
- State Model Policy
- State Testimony
- Fiscal & Regulatory Analysis
- Nomination Bio
- Memorandum
- Explainer
- Case Insight
- Speech
- Toolkit
- Public Comment