The Mesa County Commission appointed Brittany Bear to the seven-member Mesa County Board of Public Health. She will serve a five-year term running through April 30, 2031.

Bear is a registered nurse with 18 years of experience working in hospitals, clinics and community health programs. She currently serves as the director of regional operations for care management at Intermountain Health, where she oversees hospital and emergency-department-care management across Colorado. Previously, she served as the director of care management and in several other management roles for SCL Health.

A Western Colorado native, Bear has lived in Mesa County for the past 22 years.

“I am deeply committed to improving the health, safety and well-being of our community,” Bear said. “I am passionate about advancing health equity, strengthening maternal and child health, improving behavioral health collaboration and ensuring that public-health decisions are grounded in evidence and reflect the lived realities of our rural community.”