The has appointed its first to help decrease racial and ethnic health disparities. Mayor Dan Horrigan has appointed Tamiyka Rose to the position. The mayor鈥檚 chief of staff, James Hardy says Rose will first focus on lowering the high infant mortality rate in the city鈥檚 African-American community. Hardy says her job will be coordinating the many existing programs now working on the issue.
鈥淪o Tamiyka鈥檚 role is going to be, not necessarily in the creation of new programs, but rather, through her, bring some leadership and coordination across sectors and across the community to develop those metrics and goals everyone can agree upon and get everyone rowing in the same director so we can measure change.鈥�
Hardy says once Rose has tackled the infant mortality issue, she will focus other health issue in Akron鈥檚 minority community, such as diabetes, heart disease and asthma. Rose is a former Vice President of Government Relations for the Her position is funded by , , and .
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