Tia N. Butler

Ms. Tia N. Butler was appointed as the Chief Human Capital Officer for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in April 2020. In this role, Ms. Butler is responsible for the recruitment, development and retention of CMS’ most valuable resources, its people, who operate daily in achieving the CMS objective: to improve the nation’s health and quality of life.

Prior to joining CMS, Ms. Butler served as the Deputy Associate Director for Retirement Services (DC) at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. There, Ms. Butler was responsible for directing the adjudication of specialty retirement claims, administering the annual health benefits Open Season for annuitants, developing retirement policy and legislation, and leading programs to educate benefits officers government-wide about retirement.

Ms. Butler was initially appointed to the Senior Executive Service (SES) as the Executive Director of the Corporate Senior Executive Management Office at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). She served as the principal executive advisor to the VA Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary, Human Resources & Administration regarding enterprise executive management and was appointed by the VA to the White House Advisory Group on SES Reform.

Ms. Butler began her career in public service with the Department of the Navy (DON) as the Communications Director for Civilian Human Resources. She then served as the Staff Director to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Civilian Human Resources and later, the Director of the Executive Management Program Office (EMPO). In EMPO, Ms. Butler focused her efforts on executive succession planning, expanding leadership and executive development opportunities, and initiating the Bridging the Gap Leadership Development Program as the DON’s first centralized pipeline development program.

Ms. Butler has also worked as a Human Capital and Management Consultant in both the management consulting and public relations/advertising fields.

Ms. Butler holds a BA in Anthropology from the University of Virginia and a MA in Education and Human Development, with a concentration in Human & Organizational Learning from the George Washington University.