Raymond Puerini | Director
FasterCures, a Center of the Milken Institute

Raymond Puerini is a Director for FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute. He has experience in public health program operations, emergency preparedness and response, and biological sciences within the government, non-profit sector, and pharmaceutical industry. Most recently, Raymond was a Senior Program Analyst at the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) leading efforts to build local health department capacity to distribute and dispense emergency medical countermeasures (MCMs) and prepare for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and cybersecurity threats. Prior to NACCHO, Raymond Puerini served as the MCM Coordinator for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH), where he led the development of Philadelphia’s plans to provide medications to city residents during public health emergencies. Prior to PDPH, Raymond held positions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) working on issues related to antimicrobial resistance, the 340B Drug Pricing Program, and laboratory response. Raymond also worked in the pharmaceutical industry at Amgen, Alkermes, and Shire, where he worked on projects related to document management, analytical chemistry, new drug applications, and biologic pharmaceutical production. Puerini received a B.A. in Biology & Neuroscience from Wesleyan University and a Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology from the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health.