Good news for Arizona’s public health system folks. Our Immediate Past President Kelli Donley Williams announced at our last Board meeting that she’ll be beginning a new job as the Deputy Director for the Maricopa County Department of Public Health in late June.
For the last few years Kelli has been serving as the director of human services at the Maricopa Association of Governments.
Her primary responsibility at MCDPH will be assisting Director Fowler with planning and management of the operations of the department. This includes oversight of three divisions: Health Outreach, Partnership and Equity; Child and Maternal Health; and Organizational Support and Community Operations.
In addition to serving several years on the AZPHA board including terms As Vice President, President Elect, President and now Immediate Past President, Kelli is a proud UArizona Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health graduate. She found her passion for public health while volunteering with the Peace Corps in Africa in 2000.
Kelli is a native Arizonan and the author of four novels, Under the Same Moon, Basket Baby, Counting Coup, Desert Divide.
Kelli lives with her husband Jason, animals, and unruly vegetable garden in Mesa, Arizona. She blogs at: www.africankelli.com.