Douglas County is One Step Closer to a New Health Director, Following Board of Health Vote
By Aaron Bonderson 
, Reporter/Producer Nebraska Public Media
June 9, 2021, 5:15 p.m. ·
The Douglas County Board of Health approved Dr. Lindsay Huse as the county’s new health director on Thursday.
Douglas County Board of Health President Chris Rodgers says Huse, in her new role, will oversee all aspects of the Douglas County Health Department.
"She's qualified in being able to manage that," Rodgers said. "But she also showed the vision in regards to helping us to address the social determinate issues that were exposed during the COVID crisis.”
Dr. Huse will continue the work of outgoing director Dr. Adi Pour, who’s retiring at the end of the month, Rodgers said. Huse, originally from Gering, Nebraska, made a return to the state after working as the supervisor of public health nursing for the state of Wyoming.
The Douglas County Board of Commissioners and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services will vote on Dr. Huse’s approval next week. If approved, she will begin her new role next month.