Jyothi Gunta, MD, MPH, is a member of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County Board following her recent appointment as Director of the Florida Department of Health-Palm Beach County, replacing Alina Alonso, MD upon her retirement. Dr Gunta is a board-certified physician in Preventive Medicine/Public Health and board certified in Occupational/Environmental Medicine with training and experience in family medicine, evidence based preventive care, occupational medicine, epidemiology, research, education and policy. She earned her Master’s in Public Health from Nova Southeastern University. She is also a certified Medical Review Officer (MRO) and a certified Department of Transportation (DOT) medical examiner. She has several years of experience as a medical director in family practice, preventive health services, obesity medicine, urgent care and occupational and environmental health. She has demonstrated leadership within multiple healthcare systems and outpatient practices including the Veterans Health Administration, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She played an integral part in one of the most intensive projects of COVID-19 vaccine safety monitoring in U.S. history and contributed to the description of health and functional outcomes following vaccination. This data was published in the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health Journal. She received her Medical Doctor (MD) from Saint Petersburg State Medical Academy (I.I. Mechnikov) in St. Petersburg, Russia. She completed her internship in pediatrics residency at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii before entering Preventive Medicine/Public Health residency program at the Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach County where she also served as the chief resident. She is fluent in three languages besides English. Her professional interests