Kristine Gebbie

Kristine Gebbie
Gebbie with President Bill Clinton in 1993
White House AIDS Policy Coordinator
In office June 25, 1993 – August 2, 1994
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Patricia Fleming
Secretary of the Washington State Department of Health
In office 1989 – June 25, 1993
Governor	Booth Gardner
Personal details
Born	Kristine Elizabeth Moore June 26, 1943 Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
Died	May 17, 2022(2022-05-17) (aged 78) Adelaide, Australia
Spouses	Neil Gebbie ​ (divorced)​ Lester Nils Wright ​ (died 2022)​ [1]
Children	3
Alma mater	St. Olaf College (BSN) University of California, Los Angeles (MSN) University of Michigan (DPH)

Kristine Elizabeth Moore Gebbie (June 26, 1943 – May 17, 2022) was an American academic and public health official working as a professor at the Flinders University School of Nursing & Midwifery in Adelaide, Australia.^[2] Gebbie previously served as the AIDS Policy Coordinator (or "AIDS Czar") from 1993 to 1994.

Gebbie was born in Sioux City, Iowa on June 26, 1943, the daughter of Irene (Stewart), who worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Thomas Moore, a career officer in the Army.^[1][3] She was raised in Miles City, Montana and Albuquerque, New Mexico.^[4]

Gebbie earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from St. Olaf College and Master of Science in Nursing from the University of California, Los Angeles. She also held a Doctor of Public Health in Health Policy from the University of Michigan School of Public Health in 1995.^[5]

Before joining the White House, Gebbie was the Secretary of the Washington State Department of Health (1989 to 1993)^[6] and was previously the director of the Oregon Department of Health.^[7]

Gebbie is best known for being the first U.S. AIDS Czar,^[8] from 1993 to 1994, during the Clinton Administration. She was a member of the President's Commission on the HIV Epidemic, formed by President Reagan, and an outspoken opponent of the Reagan Administration policies on AIDS testing.^[9]

From 2008 to 2010, she was the Joan Hansen Grabe Dean of the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing at Hunter College. Before moving to Hunter College, Gebbie was the Elizabeth Standish Gill Professor at the Columbia University School of Nursing and Director of Columbia's Center for Health Policy.^[10]

Gebbie was a founding member of the National Board of Public Health Examiners, an organization that provides the first and only core certification for public health professionals and graduates of CEPH-accredited institutions.

Gebbie had three children with her first husband, Neil Gebbie. Her second marriage was to a physician, Lester Nils Wright, who died in April 2022. Gebbie died in Adelaide, Australia on May 17, 2022, from cancer.^[1]

• Flinders University webpage for Kristine Gebbe
• Kristine Gebbie biographical sketch as President of the Board of Directors for the World Association for Emergency and Disaster Medicine^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• AIDS Czar Kristine Gebbie Commends Drug Czar for National Drug Strategy
• Appearances on C-SPAN