An Interim Administrator has been named to lead The Orange County Health Department (OCHD) after the agency’s Director was appointed to an interim state level leadership role at the Florida Department of Health.
The Orange County Health Department’s Health Protection Bureau Division Director Lesli Ahonkhai, MA, has been appointed Interim Administrator of OCHD. Ms. Ahonkhai will be leading the health department while the current Director Dr. Kevin Sherin fills an interim position.
Sherin was recently named Interim Director of the Division for Disease Control and Health Protection in Tallahassee, effective January 11.
“I am pleased to announce the appointment of an experienced and competent leader. Lesli has been the Bureau Chief of Health Protection since 2008 and possesses solid public health and administrative skills to successfully lead the public health team in Orange County, ” said Sherin in a statement. “I look forward to returning to the county in the spring.”
