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Alton Wayne Raynor, M.P.H.
Harnett County Department of Public Health
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Wayne Raynor has been the director
of the Harnett County Department of Public Health in Lillington North Carolina
since May 1996.
Prior to joining the health department
Wayne was head of the Maternal Health Branch of the North Carolina Department
of Health and Human Services, where he had responsibility for a variety of
statewide Women’s Health Programs.
Wayne joined the Division of Maternal
and Child Health, Maternal Health Program in 1992 and assigned primary responsibility
for programs targeted toward infant mortality reduction.
Before coming to Maternal Health,
Wayne was Chief of the Immunization Section of the Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources and served as administrator of the statewide
Immunization Program with responsibility for ensuring widespread vaccine coverage
and investigation of vaccine preventable disease outbreaks.
During his tenure at Harnett County
Wayne has implemented numerous innovative programs that have helped to reduce
infant mortality and improve women’s and children’s health. He established,
for the first time, a model health department based Obstetrical Program with
volunteer participation by a private physician to improve access to care for
under served populations. The health department Home Health Program achieved
Joint Commission accreditation with commendation under Wayne’s leadership.
Wayne is very devoted to his staff and has worked hard in partnership with
his Board, the County Manager, and the Board of Commissioners to improve salaries
and benefits.
Wayne received his M.P.H. degree
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1987. He is also a
graduate of the State of North Carolina’s Public Manager Program. He
began his public health career with the U.S. Public Health Service in Philadelphia
in 1974.
Wayne is currently president elect
of the North Carolina Association of Local Health Directors and Vice Chairman
of the Southern Regional AHEC board of trustees. He is past president of the
Harnett Division of the American Heart Association, currently chairs the Harnett
County Transportation Advisory Board and the Child Fatality Prevention Team,
and serves as a board member to the Harnett County Partnership for Children.
Wayne and his wife Linda, a Registered
Nurse, reside in Angier, North Carolina with their youngest daughter Karyn.
Two adult children, Brian and Rachel, also a Registered Nurse, live outside
the home.
Community Involvement
- Sunday School Teacher -- 2nd
and 3rd grade for two years at Neill’s Creek Baptist Church
- Deacon -- Neill’s Creek
Baptist Church (active)
- Chairman, Conflict Resolution
Steering Committee -- Neill’s Creek Baptist Church
- Harnett County Public Schools
Volunteer – three years
- Relay for Life cancer awareness
and research fund raising -- logistics committee, three years
- American Heart Association,
Harnett County Chapter -- Past President
- Leadership Harnett graduate
-- county networking and education program during 2000.
Harnett County Contributions
- Achieved JCAHO accreditation
with commendation in the Home Health Program
- Developed and maintained a model
public/private partnership Maternal Health Program based at the health department
- Developed a ServSafe Food Handling
Program for restaurant owners, managers, and employees in collaboration
with the local Cooperative
Extension Service
- Secured Special
Salary Plan Adjustments for Environmental Health, Health Education,
Nurses, and Social Workers to enhance recruitment and retention
of well qualified individuals
- Child Fatality
Prevention Team -- Chairman
- Home Health
Advisory Board
- Harnett County
Partnership for Children (Smart Start) Board of Directors
- Juvenile Crime
Prevention Council -- Board Member
- Harnett County
Transportation Advisory Board -- Chairman three years
- Local Emergency
Planning Committee
- Executive Safety
Committee
- N.C. Health
Choice Coalition
- Coalition for
Families -- DSS, Health, Schools, Mental Health, Hospitals
- Centralized
Permitting Research Team
- Work First
Committee
- Harnett County
Visioning Partnership -- County Manager, Schools Superintendent,
DSS and Health Department
State of North Carolina Contributions
- President Elect --N.C. Association
of Local Health Directors -- 2001
- Past Chairman of Education and
Awards Committee and former Secretary/Treasurer of N.C. Association of Local
Health Directors -- 1999
- Policy and Planning Committee,
Chairman (NCALHD) -- 2001
- Vice President (NCALHD) -- 2000
- Leadership role as Chairman
of Policy and Planning Committee in directing the Associations legislative
agenda during the 2001 session of the General Assembly -- 2001
- Fayetteville Area Health Education
Foundation (SR-AHEC) Board of Trustees for three years and Vice Chairman
-- 2001
- Baby Love Advisory Committee
- Minority Infant Mortality Reduction
Advisory Committee
- N.C. Immunization Advisory Committee
-- 2001
- Governor’s Task Force on
Information Technology
- Women’s Health Section
Training Advisory Committee
- Pride in Public Health Committee
-- 2001
Health Department Awards received
under Wayne’s Leadership
- Norton Group Award -- NCPHA
-- 1998
- Public Health Award -- Eastern
District NCPHA for Outstanding Public Health Department -- 2000
- Outstanding Achievement Award
from the N.C. Public Health Month Committee for work achieved in promoting
public health during public health month -- 1999 & 2000
- N.C. Association for Public
Health Social Work for Outstanding Achievements during Social Work Month
-- 1998
- Glaxo Wellcome Honorable Mention
-- twice received for contributions in infant tracking and immunization
Health Department Staff Awards
- Environmental Health Specialist
of the Year -- Eastern District NCPHA, Melissa Teachey -- 2001
- Scholarship Award -- Eastern
District NCPHA, $1500, Gale Violette, Masters in Biology -- 2001
- "Special Award" --
Eastern District NCPHA, presented to Barbara Ross for a decade of service
to EDNCPHA Educational Conference -- 2001
- "Special Award" --
Eastern District NCPHA, presented to Teresa Atkins for a decade of service
to EDNCPHA Educational Conference -- 2001
- Citation of Merit Award -- NCPHA,
presented to Brenda Lee for exemplary years of public health service in
Harnett County -- 1999
