New director hired for Clay County Health Department

 Clay County’s newly hired Health Department director is coming from Spring Lake, N.C. and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and will be in the county as early as next week. 

Stepanie Johnson is a 2016 Public Health Associate Program Graduate for the Office of the Director, Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support for the CDC. 

She holds an undergraduate degree in biology and pre-med from Campbell University, a Master of Public Health from St.George’s University School of Medicine and a Master of Business Administration from the University of St. Mary.