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<br />Orange County Names Interim Health Director <br />Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 2, 2017 | Health | 0 <br /> <br />Orange County has named an interim health director while searching for a permanent replacement. <br />Dr. Dorothy Cilenti has been chosen to fill that role, which will be her second stint as interim director. <br />Cilenti is on faculty at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health in the Department of Maternal <br />and Child Health. She also previously served as the NC Local Public Health Agency Accredication <br />Administrator at the NC Institute of Public Health, according to a release announcing the hire. <br />Cilenti also has served as the health director for Chatham and Alamance counties. <br />“My main goal is to keep the health department operating as it is so a new health director can walk <br />into a well-functioning department,” says Dr. Cilenti of her role with the health department. <br />The Orange County Board of Health is reviewing application and will begin the interview process in <br />mid-March, according to officials. <br />Dr. Colleen Bridger recently left the department to take the same position in San Antonio, Texas. <br />