DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — The Douglas County Board of Overall health introduced its decision to lead the county’s new wellness department Saturday.

According to a launch from the Douglas County Wellbeing Department, Michael Hill is the sole finalist for the place. Hill is now the Well being Company Director for the San Luis Obispo County Wellness Agency in California and has previously led general public wellbeing businesses in Texas, Florida and Illinois, the release reported. 

Hill has experience controlling current general public wellness agencies as perfectly as starting up a new general public wellbeing company, according to the launch. 

“We are really happy to identify Mr. Hill as the sole finalist for this place,” Douglas County Board of Wellness President Doug Benevento said in a assertion. “After the Board of Wellness interviewed him we agreed that he was this sort of an exceptional prospect that we desired to introduce him to further Douglas County stakeholders this past Friday. The feed-back from these conferences was universally positive and we noticed no purpose not to announce him as the sole finalist promptly,” Benevento explained.

Hill retains master’s levels in community overall health and public administration, the release stated, as very well as a bachelor’s diploma in biology. 

The launch reported the choice of Hill is the end result of a nationwide search that developed 40 applicants, 4 of whom had been interviewed for the placement. 

The Douglas County Board of Commissioners voted in September 2021 to go away the Tri-County Health Section (TCHD) and kind their possess public overall health agency amid disagreements over COVID-19 masking prerequisites.

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