Snohomish County Health Department director tapped as WA health secretary
EVERETT — Gov. Bob Ferguson appointed Snohomish County Health Department Director Dennis Worsham as the state’s new secretary of health on Monday.
His last day working for Snohomish County will be July 3. On July 7, he’ll begin his new role for the state.
“As Washington’s Secretary of Health, I am honored to serve and deeply committed to upholding and strengthening a public health system that is not only resilient, but also more just,” Worsham said in a county press release Monday. “It is critical that we continue to build a system that earns the trust of communities and strives for every person to have equitable access to the care and resources they need to thrive.”
In the 1990s, Worsham began his public health career in Snohomish County as a health educator and disease intervention specialist during the AIDS epidemic. He later began working as manager of the county’s HIV/STD/Hepatitis Program.
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