County Health Officer to Leave for State Job

Posted on: Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 18:00 CDT By SHANTEE WOODARDS Staff Writer Health Officer Frances B. Phillips has accepted a state position, leaving behind the county job she held for the past 15 years. Starting in December, Mrs. Phillips, 57, will be the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's deputy secretary of public health services. This new job will allow her to oversee statewide efforts in AIDS, family health and other initiatives. The job pays $143,270. "My current job is the best job of my career and I'm anxious to go forward into a new challenge," Mrs. Phillips said. "This is a wonderful, wonderful county and wonderful health department. I'm grateful for the opportunity to be here as long as I have." Mrs. Phillips came to the Anne Arundel County Department of Health as a registered nurse in 1988. She... [read full story]                    

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