Operation Warp Speed: A Talk By Alex Azar

A Brooks Family Lecture with Former HHS Secretary Alex Azar '88 Sponsored by The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center “Operation Warp Speed: Lessons from the Most Successful and Important Public-Private Partnership Since the Apollo Project“ with Alex Azar '88. Hosted by Jason Barabas '93. Lecture Info: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center welcomes back to campus Alex Azar '88. Secretary Azar led the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 2018 to 2021 during the Trump Administration and was architect of Operation Warp Speed; he combined his experience in the pharmaceutical industry with his understanding of government programs—having previously served as general counsel and subsequently Deputy Secretary of HHS in the George W. Bush Administration—to lead the largest biomedical development program in history. Under his direction, the United States developed two remarkably safe and effective vaccines within months, embarked on the production of tens of millions