Health & Fitness
Hartford Officials Ready To Appoint New City Public Health Chief
Hartford's mayor has nominated a former Bridgeport city official to be named head of health and human services department.
HARTFORD, CT — Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin announced last week that he will be appointing Ebony Jackson-Shaheed to serve as the City of Hartford’s next director of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).
Bronin will formally submit her name to the Hartford City for confirmation at the upcoming May 8 meeting.
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Jackson-Shaheed comes to the City of Hartford from the City of Bridgeport, where she served since 2021 as an epidemiologist, acting director, and most recently director of health.
During her time with Bridgeport, she led the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“Ebony Jackson-Shaheed is an experienced and respected public health leader in Connecticut and we will be very fortunate to have her as director of our outstanding HHS team,” said Bronin.
“I am excited to join the City of Hartford team and to continue the vital work of promoting public health for Hartford residents,” said Jackson-Shaheed. “I’m grateful to Mayor Bronin for giving me this opportunity to lead the city’s health and human services department, which has done incredible work promoting better health outcomes for residents of all ages and backgrounds, and I look forward to working with them as we make Hartford a healthier and safer place to live.”
Jackson-Shaheed has a master of public health degree from the State University of New York School of Public Health and a bachelor of science degree from Montclair State University.
Her resume also includes time as a post graduate fellow at Yale University and with the Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, as well as a behaviorist in Woodbridge and a community health worker and science teacher in New York City. She also currently serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Bridgeport.
She will replace Liany Arroyo, who had served as HHS director for Hartford since 2017.
In the interim period, Jessica Fourquet,the city’s current epidemiologist, will serve as acting director.
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