Susan Lopez Allott, Director of Public Health Unit, Essex County Health Department
- 15 Years of Service
Susan Lopez Allot, Director of Essex County Public Health Unit (PHU), fosters a collaborative work environment allowing employees to reach their full potential. She has been instrumental in guiding the department toward national public health accreditation. Through this process Susan led the development and adoption of a PHU Workforce Development Plan. She used an employee self-assessment to help identify individualized strengths and areas for targeted continuing education needs all of which may be tracked through the NYSDOH Learning Management System. Susan encourages staff to be lifelong learners and seeks opportunities for staff to develop leadership skills through personalized employee work-plans by building on strengths and passions and allowing flexibility while guiding employees towards peak performance and mastery of the public health profession. She introduced and facilitates regular Quality Improvement meetings which have led to an increase in data driven policy revisions, common-sense business practices and other improvements in the workplace.
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