{"id":7837,"date":"2013-07-11T13:20:11","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T17:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=7837"},"modified":"2013-07-11T13:20:11","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T17:20:11","slug":"county-finally-gets-new-health-dept-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=7837","title":{"rendered":"County finally gets new Health Dept. head"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ga. woman with local ties will replace director who resigned in Dec.<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n
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By Kathleen Brady Shea<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0Managing Editor, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jeanne Casner will start Aug. 26 as director of the Chester County Health Department, the commissioners said Thursday.<\/p><\/div>\n

After months of searching, Chester County has a new director for its acclaimed Health Department, the county commissioners said Thursday.<\/p>\n

At their regular meeting, the commissioners approved the hiring of Jeanne Casner. She will replace Margaret Rivello, who stayed on as a consultant after retiring from the post at the end of last year. Casner, who presently lives in Atlanta, Ga., will start on Aug. 26 and earn an annual salary of $108,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Chester County Health Department is one of the most highly respected health departments in Pennsylvania, and has pioneered many programs that have been recognized and repeated nationwide,\u201d said Commissioners\u2019 Chairman Ryan Costello. \u201cWe are pleased to find someone of Jeanne\u2019s caliber to lead the department.\u201d<\/p>\n

Casner brings 20 years of health-related experience to the job at the federal, state and local government levels, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness, and Keane, Inc. where she was senior public health consultant and business analyst \u2013 all based in Atlanta, Ga. She holds a master\u2019s degree in public health and a bachelor\u2019s in sociology, both from the University of Michigan, a county news release said.<\/p>\n

Rivello, who participated in the selection process, said she was pleased the county was able to find someone as experienced and \u201cpassionate about public health\u201d as Casner. Rivello explained that Casner would be returning to familiar territory. Not only did Casner do a college internship at the Chester County Health Department, but she only worked for the county for five or six years before relocating to Atlanta. \u201cShe\u2019s going to bring a new level of energy,\u201d said Rivello.<\/p>\n

Commissioner Terence Farrell also applauded Casner\u2019s selection. \u00a0\u201cJeanne Casner brings a strong background of knowledge and experience to the county position and we trust that, under her leadership, the Health Department will continue to provide programs and services that have established Chester County as the healthiest county in Pennsylvania.\u201d<\/p>\n

Farrell was referencing the county\u2019s top rankings in an annual study by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In 2010, Chester County was ranked number one in Pennsylvania for Health Factors, which represents what influences the health of the county,\u00a0as well as Health Outcomes, the assessment of the county\u2019s health; in 2011, the county received a top rating for Health Factors, and in 2012, it earned top honors for Health Outcomes.<\/p>\n

Commissioner Kathi Cozzone echoed her colleagues\u2019 remarks about Casner and expressed gratitude to Rivello and her staff. \u201cWe thank Margaret for her many years of service to Chester County, as well as all health department employees for continuing to provide excellent services to our citizens while a search for a new director was conducted,\u201d Cozzone said.<\/p>\n

The Chester County Health Department provides health services to residents and visitors, including public education, clinical, personal health and environmental health programs. To view the full range of programs and services, visit www.chesco.org\/health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ga. woman with local ties will replace director who resigned in Dec. By Kathleen Brady Shea,\u00a0Managing Editor, The Times After months of searching, Chester County has a new director for its acclaimed Health Department, the county commissioners said Thursday. At their regular meeting, the commissioners approved the hiring of Jeanne Casner. She will replace Margaret […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[1480,1512,2367,1703,2842,1570,2099,2100],"class_list":["post-7837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-chester-county-health-department","tag-commissioner-kathi-cozzone","tag-commissioner-terence-farrell","tag-commissioners-chairman-ryan-costello","tag-jeanne-casner","tag-margaret-rivello","tag-robert-wood-johnson-foundation","tag-university-of-wisconsin-population-health-institute"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}