From California Health Care Foundation, August 21, 2020
Sandra Shewry, MPH, MSW, vice president of External Engagement for the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF), has been named acting director of the California Department of Public Health.
Shewry joined the foundation in 2011, after spending nearly two decades in leadership roles in state government, including as director of the state’s Department of Health Services from 2004 to 2007. At that time, the position included overseeing both the Medi-Cal program and public health responsibilities. (The department was divided during her tenure into the Department of Health Care Services and the Department of Public Health.)
“We are facing one of the greatest challenges of our lifetimes — a pandemic with immense consequences to the health of the people of California,” Shewry said. “The role California’s state and local health departments play in responding to the pandemic and in contributing to a more just society has never been greater. I look forward to working in partnership with state and local health officers as California addresses these challenges.”
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