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Heather Edwards

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Deputy Director

Heather Edwards joined the Salt Lake City-County Health Department in 1987 and has since worked in four of the department's five divisions.

She began her public health career in WIC, then left the department for the private sector before returning to our Community Health Division, working in tobacco prevention. She then moved to environmental health before joining the Executive Director's Office in 2013. She became assistant division director for the Executive Director's Office in 2021 and the department's deputy director in 2024.

Heather graduated from the University of Utah in political science. She and her family live in southwestern Salt Lake County; she enjoys camping, cycling, and spending time with loved ones.