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March 18, 2004

Health officials named

Gov. Schwarzenegger named his health services director and public health officer today.

Heading Health Services will be Sandra Shewry, who has been director of the health division of the National Governor’s Association Center for Best Practices. She is also the former executive director of the California Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board and was the assistant secretary of the California Health and Welfare Agency.

The Public Health Officer will be Dr. Richard Jackson, senior adviser to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He was previously director of the National Center for Environmental Health and was an epidemiologist with the World Health Organization.