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<br />Chapel Hill News <br />December 20, 2016 10:10 AM <br />Orange County’s health director is leaving for San Antonio job <br />HILLSBOROUGH <br />Health Director Colleen Bridger announced this week she will resign Feb. 23 to take a new job in San <br />Antonio, Texas. <br />Bridger will begin her new role as public health director of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District <br />– the nation’s seventh largest city health department – on March 6. <br />It was a difficult decision to leave, Bridger said in a news release. <br />“I love the Board of Health, the Board of County Commissioners, and most of all; the Health Department <br />staff. They make my job easy, fun, and fulfilling. It is because of the great work we have done in Orange <br />County, that I am ready for this next big challenge,” Bridger said. <br />She has led the Orange County Health Department for more than five years, implementing such <br />programs as the comprehensive Smoke-Free Public Places Rule, the Family Success Alliance anti-poverty <br />program, the town-gown high-risk alcohol collaborative, and overdose prevention and harm reduction <br />projects, including naloxone access and safe syringe disposal and acquisition. <br />“With Colleen at the helm, Orange County has been able to adopt and implement many progressive <br />policies and programs,” said Liska Lackey, Board of Health chairwoman. “The Board of Health and health <br />department’s dedicated staff are committed to continuing her legacy in our search for the new <br />director.” <br />Bridger plans to complete the health department’s reaccreditation and budget processes before leaving. <br />The Board of Health will post the vacant position and seek applicants early in the new year. An interim <br />health director will be named before Bridger leaves, health officials said. <br /> <br />Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/chapel-hill- <br />news/article121943113.html#storylink=cpy <br />