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title: Pestronk Urges Local Health Leaders to Act
description: Read insights from Robert Pestronk on empowering public health leaders to thrive by learning the language of business and community at Patagonia Health.
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# [Pestronk Urges Local Health Leaders to Act](https://patagoniahealth.com/blog/pestronk-encourages-local-health-department-leaders)

 Written by [Abhi Muthiyan](https://patagoniahealth.com/blog/author/abhi-muthiyan) | Aug 12, 2014 4:25:33 PM

***Robert Pestronk encourages local health department leaders to “learn new vocabularies and learn the language of business, foundations and communities”.***

 

Blog Posted: August 12, 2014

***Interview the Experts Series: Robert Pestronk***

Executive Director, The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).

 

Our most recent expert interview is with Robert Pestronk who is the [Executive Director of The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)](http://www.naccho.org/about/). Through our interview, Pestronk shared his passions about Public Health. He said "A stimulating and challenging range of issues cross my desk every day! I work with people who are bright, creative, passionate and committed to their work. For every community there is a local health official who is similarly motivated, surviving and, hopefully, thriving."

 

Pestronk also shared with us his views and opinions of the challenges and opportunities that providers are faced with and where he thinks the future of public health is headed.

 

Patagonia Health is striving to improve connections between Public Health experts and the people who could benefit from their shared wisdom. To read the full interview please visit our EHR Resources page at [https://patagoniahealth.com/resources/expert-interviews/](https://patagoniahealth.com/resources/expert-interviews/)

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