HEALTH · NC · 2007-2009
Dempsey Benton
State Health Officer / Commissioner / Secretary · Democrat · North Carolina
Background
Dempsey Benton occupied the State Health Officer / Commissioner / Secretary office in North Carolina for 2 years (2007–2009). Took office after Carmen Hooker Odom; succeeded by Lanier Cansler. Same-year political environment (2007): Governor Mike Easley; Attorney General Roy Cooper; Secretary of State Elaine Marshall.
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Others who held this office in North Carolina
- Devdutta Sangvai (2025-present)
- Kody Kinsley (2022-2025)
- Mandy Cohen (2017-2022)
- Rick Brajer (2015-2017)
- Aldona Wos (2013-2015)
- Lanier Cansler (2009-2012)
- Carmen Hooker Odom (2001-2007)