Gov. Jim Justice announced the leaders who will lead the three new state agencies forming next year amid the break up of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. Dr. Sherri Young will be the new secretary for the Department of Health. Young most recently served as associate chief medical officer for the Charleston Area Medical Center Health Network. She’s also the former county health officer and executive director of the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department.
Dr. Cynthia Persily will be the secretary of the Department of Human Services. She most recently served as vice chancellor for health sciences for the state Higher Education Policy Commission. Michael Caruso will head the Department of Health Facilities. Caruso is a principal at the health care management firm Spectrum Health Partners LLC in Wheeling.