HEALTH · CT · 2019-2020
Renee Coleman-Mitchell
State Health Officer / Commissioner / Secretary · Democrat · Connecticut
On the record
Fired May 2020 amid COVID nursing-home death surge; sued state for racial discrimination
Background
Connecticut's State Health Officer / Commissioner / Secretary 2019–2020: Renee Coleman-Mitchell — 1-year tenure. Took office after Raul Pino; succeeded by Deidre Gifford. Note: Fired May 2020 amid COVID nursing-home death surge; sued state for racial discrimination. Same-year political environment (2019): Governor Ned Lamont; Attorney General William Tong; Secretary of State Denise Merrill.
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Others who held this office in Connecticut
- Manisha Juthani (2021-present)
- Deidre Gifford (2020-2021)
- Raul Pino (2015-2019)
- Jewel Mullen (2011-2015)
- Robert Galvin (2003-2010)
- Garrett Bagley (1999-2002)