Cassie Cochran

Cassie Cochran has worked in some form of public health for over 17 years. She started her public health career in south Texas on a bioterrorism response team and eventually made her way to Arkansas and the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). During her career at ADH, she has worked in the Office of Preparedness and Emergency Response located within the Division of Health Protection in various positions, including program design and development, federal grants, special projects on both the state and federal levels, federal liaison positions, community, hospital, and volunteer programs, and various leadership roles. In 2017, she joined the Division for Local Public Health, which oversees the local health units in each county, and the Environmental Health Services, Engineering, and Hometown Health Initiative sections. This division allowed her to be more involved in the day-to-day work of educating and helping the citizens of this state obtain needed services at the local level, which is very important to her. When Cassie first moved to this division, she started as a Health District Manager in the Central Region, progressed to Central Region Director, then became the Northwest Region Director, and finally, the Division for Local Public Health Director. In 2021, she became the Deputy Director for Public Health programs, overseeing all five Divisions at the ADH, along with the faith-based outreach program and Spinal Cord Commission. Cassie is passionate about the services they provide at the ADH and the many ways they can help improve the lives of those they serve.