Sonoma County appoints former state public health director as interim health officer

A former director of the California Department of Public Health has been named Sonoma County’s interim health officer and is expected to serve while a national search for a permanent replacement is conducted.

Dr. Karen Smith, who headed the state public health agency from 2015 to 2019, also previously served as Napa County’s health officer and deputy director of that county’s Health & Human Services Agency.

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