It is my honor to chair the U.S. Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HPH SCC). I want to welcome your healthcare organization or public health agency to participate as a private sector member or subject matter expert. If you are interested in participating in the Council, please click on the red JOIN NOW button on the website and complete the application. There have been several incidents over the last few years (e.g, COVID-19 pandemic, several cyber incidents, hurricanes, etc.) with significant operational impact to healthcare nationally, regionally, and locally underscoring the need to revitalize our mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery capabilities. These incidents have also pointed out potential areas of vulnerability, such as our supply chain, that we need to address. Finally, a renewed effort to establish a strong, collaborative healthcare and public health infrastructure is critical. Established in 2003, the HPH SCC organized under the National Critical Infrastructure Protection Program, sanctioned by Homeland Security Presidential Directive – 21 (HSPD-21). Our organization represents private sector healthcare, public health agencies, and critical infrastructure owners in or closely aligned with healthcare, as well as sector subject matter experts. Our preparedness focus is to ensure the protection and continuity of our Nation’s private sector healthcare and public health services. The HPH SCC serves as federally acknowledged healthcare private and public sector trusted advisors and the coordinating council to the U.S. government providing guidance for policies, strategies, activities, and issues concerning sector specific critical infrastructure, national health security, and resilience activities. While we acknowledge there may be some changes at the federal level related to healthcare reporting and responsibilities, as a healthcare sector council we remain committed to function as healthcare emergency management subject matter experts coordinating with the government and critical infrastructure owners to strengthen healthcare incident response and mitigate the operational impact of any emergency incident. The HPH SCC serves you as a mission-driven council for collaboration, communication, and response coordination. We look forward to your agency’s membership and participation in protecting and securing our Nation’s health security toward current and future risks and threats upon our sector.