In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, Macon County has named a new director of the Public Health Department after more than a year-long search.
Kathy McGaha, formerly the Public Information Officer for the department, has been chosen. She’s worked at the health department for 23 years. Health Board Chairman Melissa Bell, explained her qualifications to the county commissioners last night at their meeting.
“She has quite a few years of experience with the Macon County Health Department.We think that she will be an excellent choice to guide the county through this ongoing emergency and a good choice to lead us forward in the future,” says Bell.
All the commissioners voted in favor of McGaha as the health board’s choice for the role.
Carmine Rocco has served as the Interim Health Director for Macon County Public Health for approximately 18 months. McGaha says she understands the challenge ahead, but knows that she has a hard working team behind her.
“I am thrilled to be named Health Director with an incredible staff that I have been fortunate to work with for over twenty years. Even though this comes at the time of a global pandemic, our team is ready to handle the challenges ahead of us,” says McGaha, in a press release.
McGaha and Rocco will work together for the remainder of April. McGaha will be the official Macon County Health Director as of April 29.
There are currently 2 cases of COVID-19 in Macon County and there has been 1 death associated with the virus.
