AUSTIN (KXAN) — After serving because the interim director of Austin Public Well being since Might 2021, Adrienne Sturrup will formally take over as director of the company on Tuesday.
APH is the entity largely behind the town’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, in addition to assists with group health-based initiatives. Providers supplied by way of APH embody immunizations, job help, well being screenings, emergency preparedness applications and providing meals, clothes and shelter.
“I’m humbled and honored to be afforded the chance to serve this group within the function of Director of Public Well being,” Sturrup stated in a metropolis launch. “APH is a devoted, mission-driven group that continues to go over and above to guard the well being and security of our residents.”
Sturrup’s profession contains 27 years in community-based well being and wellness roles, in addition to management experience with nonprofit organizations. She’s labored for the town of Austin since 2014, starting as APH program supervisor earlier than serving as assistant director.
She earned a bachelor of arts diploma in communication from Boston College, with certifications in youth growth, facilitation and group work.
Different metropolis govt appointments embody Veronica Briseño, chosen to function assistant metropolis supervisor by Austin Metropolis Supervisor Spencer Cronk. Briseño’s focus will assist oversee the next metropolis departments:
- Constructing Providers
- Civil Rights
- Communications and Public Info
- Communications and Expertise Administration
- Monetary Providers
- Human Sources
- Intergovernmental Relations
- Labor Relations
Briseño has served in numerous roles with the town of Austin for greater than 20 years, together with as its chief financial restoration officer. In that place, she assisted with Austin’s COVID-19 pandemic financial restoration efforts and monetary help applications.
“Serving as a member of the Metropolis Supervisor’s govt group has been my aim for years. Rising up in Texas, my father served as a Metropolis Supervisor in a serious Texas metropolis, and I had the identical calling,” Briseño stated in a launch. “I stay up for working with the departments inside Authorities that Works for All and persevering with my 20-plus 12 months profession with the Metropolis of Austin to help our residents and their wants.”
Different earlier positions embody working within the Council workplace and serving as assistant director and director within the Small and Minority Enterprise Sources Division, Interim Homeless Technique Officer and Interim President/Chief Government Officer of the Austin Financial Improvement Company.
She earned bachelor of arts levels in authorities and journalism in addition to a grasp of public affairs from the College of Texas at Austin.
