13 Jan

RI health dir. Alexander-Scott stepping down

Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, Director of RI Dept. of Health addresses the media in November 2021. MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
The Boston Globe

United Way of Rhode Island chief impact and equity officer Larry Warner said [the departure of] Alexander-Scott was another example of a R.I. leader of color whose tenure was cut too short… ‘We’ve been responding to a five-alarm public health crisis for two years, and it’s clear that the public health chief has not been in charge.'”

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