More leadership changes at the Utah Department of Health, as its director moves to a new state ‘innovation’ job

Rich Saunders had led UDOH for less than a year, through the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Scott G Winterton | Deseret News, pool photo) Rich Saunders, speaking at a COVID-19 briefing in September 2020, is leaving as executive director of the Utah Department of Health to take a new job in Gov. Spencer Cox's administration — "chief innovation officer."

More leadership changes at the Utah Department of Health, as its director moves to a new state ‘innovation’ job

Rich Saunders had led UDOH for less than a year, through the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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