Derek Neal (picture courtesy of the County of Sonoma)
Sonoma County’s next director of the county’s Department of Health Services is from Texas. Derrick Neal, a health administrator with 30 years’ experience in public and behavioral health, has been selected to lead Health Services, a department with a budget of $275 million and 580 employees that includes the county’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He is replacing Barbie Robinson who retired in May. Neal comes from Round Rock, Texas, where he has served as the executive director of the Williamson County and Cities Health District since 2019. Neal said he is extremely grateful to have been selected as the next Health Services Director of Sonoma County. His contract will be considered at the Board of Supervisors meeting on November 2nd.