Kody H. Kinsley

Kody H. Kinsley
Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Assumed office
January 1, 2022
GovernorRoy Cooper
Preceded byMandy Cohen
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Management
In office
July 2016  March 2018
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byBrodi Fontenot
Succeeded byDavid F. Eisner
Personal details
BornJuly 3, 1985
Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic Party (United States)
EducationBrevard College (BS)
University of California, Berkeley (MPP)

Kody H. Kinsley (born July 3, 1985) is an American public servant and public health official. He serves as the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS). He was the first openly gay cabinet secretary in North Carolina history.

Kinsley is a Fellow in the Aspen Institute's Civil Society Fellowship. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at both the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.