Hill November 19, 2025
Nathaniel Weixel

Calley Means, a top adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has formally joined the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

A staff directory for the department lists Means as a senior adviser in the Office of the Secretary.

An HHS spokesperson confirmed to The Hill that the wellness entrepreneur is joining the department as a senior adviser supporting food and nutrition policy working directly with Kennedy.

Means previously served as a special government employee, a temporary position limited to a 130-day term. He left that position last month.

Means is one of the most vocal proponents of Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) agenda. He was a key author of the...

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