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Sunday, October 25, 2026

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Heather Borski

Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Community Health and Well-Being, DHHS

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Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Community Health and Well-Being, DHHS

Background

Heather Borski serves as a DHHS assistant deputy commissioner. Her earlier public-health work included directing disease control and prevention, health promotion and tobacco-prevention programs. She earned a public-health master's degree at the University of Utah. The Department of Health and Human Services says Borski is an assistant deputy commissioner for Community Health and Well-Being. She managed the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program from 2001 to 2007, directed the Bureau of Health Promotion from 2007 to 2016 and directed the Division of Disease Control and Prevention from 2016 to 2020. She holds a University of Utah Master of Public Health and was president of the Utah Public Health Association's board in 2017 and 2018.

Source: Official biography: Heather Borski · Background checked October 20, 2026

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