Three health department employees assume new leadership roles
The Shelby County Health Department has announced promotions. Lorrie Brooks, left, clinical services administrator, has been promoted to deputy director, Kasia Smith-Alexander, center, environmental health services administrator has been promoted to deputy director and Courtney Tipper, right, deputy administrator, has been promoted to chief of staff. (Courtesy Shelby County Health Department)
Shelby County Health Department has named two of its employees as deputy directors while a third has been promoted to chief of staff.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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