Barbara Jeffers removes the "interim" from her title as head of the Kane County Health Department.
The Kane County Board has appointed Barbara Jeffers, MPH, as the permanent executive director of the Health Department. Jeffers had been serving as Interim executive director since June 2012, when she was appointed to the fill the position of former Executive Director Paul Kuehnert, who left for another position. Jeffers said she will sustain the momentum of the department in terms of protecting the community, maintaining its partnerships and continuing the department’s strategic planning. Jeffers says her commitment to partnerships is "stronger than ever." The department's vision is to have the healthiest residents in Illinois by 2030, and it already has initiated projects bearing fruit as part of its Community Health Improvement Plan. “…
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Paul Kuehnert, who helped downsize the Health Department by 62 employees and was involved in flaps over the Animal Control administrator, moves on to a new job in New Jersey.
