DHHS welcomes new transportation coordinator

DHHS Secretary Carmen Hooker Odom has announced the hiring of Patricia (Diane) Cox as the department's Transportation Program Administrator. Diane replaces Kathy McGehee, who retired on July 1.

In her capacity as Transportation Program Administrator, Diane will serve as the department’s transportation program and policy liaison with the N.C. Department of Transportation. She will work extensively with DHHS divisions, DOT, local transit systems and local human service agencies to provide planning, administrative and operations assistance in overcoming transportation-related barriers for the people we serve.

Before joining DHHS, Diane worked for over five years as the executive director of the Kerr Area Transportation Authority in Henderson, N.C. She has also served as executive director of Granville County United Way and director of development for the Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education.

Diane is a native of South Hill, Virginia and a graduate of Old Dominion University.

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Last Modified: July 12, 2006