The Commissioner is responsible for overseeing and managing the Department of Public Health (DPH).  The Commissioner will provide leadership and assume accountability for the overall strategic, financial, operational planning, and high-impact and quality outcomes consistent with the goals and objectives of the State of Connecticut.  

The Commissioner is responsible for leading a dynamic and innovative organization across health promotion programs; research, data, and analytics; health policy and advocacy; communications, outreach, and activism; and more. 

The Commissioner will utilize numerous approaches to achieve these initiatives, including: facilitating public/private partnerships; coordinating and collaborating with community partners; supporting improved access to preventive and primary care services; educating the public concerning the importance of health promotion and protection policies and programs; and advising the Governor’s office on public health policy issues.

• Stakeholder Management - effectively engages and establishes strong working relationships built on confidence, trust and respect, and appropriately representing DPH.

• Strategic Planning – visionary planning by staying current on healthcare and health promotion industry and emerging trends as well as policy changes on the local and national level, and their particular impacts within the State of Connecticut. Collaborates across stakeholders to develop short-term and long-term strategic plans for DPH and its services. Ensures the strategic plan is communicated both internally and externally, and effectively delegates key activities to ensure timely implementation of the plan.

• Financial Management – responsible for achieving and maintaining strong financial health of DPH and providing guidance and determining priorities in the preparation of annual budgets. Lead efforts to identify cost savings initiatives with an integrated system as well as revenue-generating opportunities.

• Health Promotion Delivery - directs efforts to ensure that policies, practices, and programs are focused on safety, soundness, and sustainability parameters, and that the delivery of the services are high-quality, operationally efficient, and constituent oriented.

• Human Capital Management - responsible for overseeing strong and diverse workforce development through recruitment and retention, employee satisfaction and engagement, maximizing growth potential for employees and strong succession planning.

• Compliance & Governance - ensures DPH is in compliance with risk management standards set forth by the Governor.

Leadership Profile

• Provides direction and fosters a common vision and focus on agency goals.
• Provides leadership and development to build a strong high performing team.
• Builds strong relationships to influence through trust and common purpose.
• Adjusts communication style to respond to the changing situations and audience concerns.
• Translates goals into well-defined performance plans and communicates link between current activities and goals.
• Scans the environment to anticipate constituent needs and changing dynamics; adjusts accordingly.
• Proactively seeks to improve processes and implement best-in- class solutions to better serve constituents, raising quality, safety and productivity in a calculated way.
• Identifies new processes and/or systems to improve productivity and effi