Tevi David Troy is a presidential historian and the former United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services (August 2007 – January 2009) during the Presidency of George W. Bush.

[3] He is an Orthodox Jew[4] and member of the Kemp Mill Synagogue in Silver Spring, Maryland, where he lives with his wife, Kami (née Pliskow) and their four children.

In order to address biological threats facing the nation, the Blue-Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense created a 33-step initiative for the U.S. Government to implement.

Headed by former Senator Joe Lieberman and former Governor Tom Ridge, the Study Panel assembled in Washington D.C. for four meetings concerning current biodefense programs.

[15] Troy is the author of three books and more than 250 articles published in The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, POLITICO, The Times Higher Education Supplement, The Washington Times, National Affairs, The Weekly Standard, National Review, and Reason, and an article in The New Republic entitled "My Boss the Fanatic", concerning "John Ashcroft's relations with the Jews on his staff.