Heather Gates named executive director of NC public health groups
August 30, 2006 | |
School of Public Health alum and NCIPH program coordinator Heather Keith Gates has been named executive director of the state’s Big Three public health membership groups–the NC Public Health Association, the NC Association of Local Health Directors, and the NC Alliance of Public Health Agencies. She assumes her post in Raleigh November 1, replacing retiring Executive Director Deborah Rowe. “Having worked with health directors and public health staff around the state through the NC Public Health Incubator Collaboratives,” Rowe said, “Heather has a great understanding of the challenges and the opportunities facing public health in North Carolina.” Gates received her BS in Biomedical Science from University of South Alabama and her MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education from UNC. For further information please contact Ramona DuBose either by phone at 919-966-7467 or by email at ramona_dubose@unc.edu. |
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