Published on March 01, 2023
The Unified Government is pleased to announce the appointment of Ambur LeeAnn Banner, as acting Director of Public Health.
Ambur LeeAnn Banner has been named Acting Director of the UG Public Health Department. Ms. Banner is a seasoned leader having served nearly 13 years at the executive-level of state and local governments leading planning initiatives to improve health outcomes for vulnerable populations. Her expertise rests in the field of performance improvement and organizational leadership. She brings a broad administrative background in strategic design, implementation, and evaluation of operational plans as well as the building and maintaining community partnerships. Ambur brings two advanced level master's degrees. The first, obtained from The Ohio State University, in the field of Social Work in 2011 with specialty in macro-level social work administration and the second, obtained from Ashland University, an MBA in the specialty field of Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness. She comes with a license in clinical social work and is specially trained as a quality improvement coach in the Quality Model for Improvement and the use of LEAN methodology in quality improvement science. Ms. Banner assumed the role of Acting Director on February 18, 2023.
Thank you to former Director Juliann VanLiew for your contributions to our community.
Stay tuned for future announcements about organizational changes.
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