Kevin Duvall

CTO and CIO (Acting) Strategic Resources Office, Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health [ARPA-H]

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Kevin Duvall is the Chief Technology Officer and the acting Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer at
ACF. In these roles via the Office of Administration, Duvall provides leadership and strategic
direction to technology, artificial intelligence, and innovation delivery at ACF. He works closely
with ACF offices and directly manages ACF’s Office of the Chief Information Officer to ensure
ACF is aligning forward-leaning technology with the work of staff. Joining ACF in 2021, Duvall
makes sure the vital services ACF provides are equitable, efficient, and effective through data,
artificial intelligence, and technology, and ACF’s business processes are aligned in support. He
also supervises and oversees the strategy and direction of the Digital Services at ACF function, a
unit dedicated to improving the design and delivery of services across ACF and the human
services ecosystem.
Duvall served in an additional capacity leading the Advanced Research Projects Agency for
Health (ARPA-H)’s technology portfolio in 2023, as their inaugural Chief Technology Officer and
Chief Information Officer. Before working at ACF, he was the acting chief data officer at HHS. In
that role, he was responsible for the Department’s planning for and execution of the
Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act and the development of the HHS Protect
COVID-19 data-sharing ecosystem.
Prior to joining HHS, Duvall worked at the University of Virginia. He was responsible for
acquiring and implementing cloud products serving the faculty, staff, and students of the
university, and leading change through smarter, consolidated IT acquisition. In addition, he
worked directly for the university’s chief information officer driving forward critical actions in
audit response, continuity of operations planning, strategic planning, and staff
development/learning.
He holds a M.S. in management of information technology and a B.S. in chemical engineering
and physics, both from the University of Virginia.

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