Alameda County Has New Chief Probation Officer

Alameda County, CA - There are several new faces in charge at the County Building.

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday announced the appointment of Wendy Still as the County’s new Chief Probation Officer.

Still, a former top probation official for the City and County of San Francisco, will replace retiring Chief Probation Officer LaDonna Harris.

“The Board extends our sincere appreciation to Chief Harris for stepping up to assist the County by leading the Probation Department for the last four years during a challenging period of transition and congratulates her on her 35 years of law enforcement service,” said Scott Haggerty, President of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors.

Still retired as San Francisco’s Chief Adult Probation Officer in 2015 after working more than 30 years in State and local community corrections. Since leaving San Francisco, she has consulted and worked on various projects in the field of corrections at the federal, State and local levels.

Still’s appointment is effective August 1.

In addition, the Board announced the appointment of two interim department heads:

• Rebecca Gebhart, who has served as the Acting Health Care Services Agency (HCSA) Director since former Director Alex Briscoe left the post in December 2015, was appointed Interim HCSA Director. Gebhart has held the HCSA Finance Director position since 2013.

• Kathy Mount, Director of Operations for the County’s Human Resource Services (HRS) since January 2015, was appointed Interim HRS Director. She is replacing Mary Welch, who resigned effective July 1 after leading the HRS department for seven years. Welch will continue to work on some special projects for County Administrator Susan S. Muranishi.

The Board plans to launch an executive search for both the HCSA and HRS Directors in the fall.