Four New Members Of Grays Harbor County Board Of Health Selected This Week

They take their seats on the board alongside the three existing members at the quarterly meeting July 28. 

Four new members of the Grays Harbor County Board of Health were selected this week and will take their seats on the board alongside the three existing members at the quarterly meeting July 28.  The new members were appointed by the Board of County Commissioners from four different categories:  Consumers of public health: Char Hood of Aberdeen, community stakeholder Chris Olive of Aberdeen.  Health care provider: Dr. Kenneth Dietrich of Oakville, and Tribal representative: Chrissy Winn of Taholah. The candidates appointed Wednesday at a special Board of Health meeting came from a pool of applicants accepted over the last month.  in 2021 state lawmakers passed legislation that directed each local health jurisdiction to expand its board of health by July 1, 2022. 

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