Guilford County names Quintana Stewart as new health deputy director

Quintana Stewart will take over a Guilford County Health and Human Services operation that manages more than 1,100 employees and a $140 million budget when she joins the county on July 27. The Greensboro native is returning to the Triad after nine years leading the Orange County Health Department.

Guilford County described Stewart as bringing 23 years of local government experience to a deputy director role that sits close to the county’s daily operations. In Health and Human Services, that means involvement in staffing, policy implementation, public health communication, clinic services and coordination with other county departments and outside agencies.

Her arrival comes as Guilford County Public Health continues to work inside the broader Health and Human Services structure, where the county’s responsibilities stretch beyond routine clinic work. The department’s public health materials point to ongoing community health assessment efforts and work tied to the Healthy NC 2030 scorecard, two measures that connect day-to-day service delivery with longer-term public health planning.

The county’s footprint also runs well beyond Greensboro. Guilford County Department of Social Services offices are listed at 1203 Maple St. in Greensboro and 325 E. Russell Ave. in High Point, a reminder that Stewart’s portfolio will touch residents across the county, not just one city or one building.

That range of responsibilities matters because county health departments now juggle preventive care, environmental health, immunizations, disease surveillance, maternal and child health, mental health partnerships and coordination with schools, hospitals and nonprofits. As deputy director, Stewart will be helping steer those overlapping duties while supervising operations in one of the county’s largest public service systems.

The appointment puts a familiar Triad administrator in charge of a department that has to balance front-line service delivery with long-range public health goals. Stewart’s background in Orange County and her Greensboro roots give Guilford County a leader who knows both the region and the scale of the job ahead.