William F. Pilkington, DPA, MPA

Chief Executive Officer and Director of Public Health
William.Pilkington@CabarrusHealth.org

Dr. Pilkington became Chief Executive Officer and Public Health Director of the Cabarrus Health Alliance in July 1997. He previously served as Health Director of the Cabarrus County Health Department from 1981 until 1997. Dr. Pilkington received his B.A. degree in 1973 from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, his M.P.A. in 1974 from North Carolina State University, and his D.P.A. in 1988 from the University of Southern California.

Dr. Pilkington serves as Chairman of the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Council, Executive Committee, Cabarrus Partnership for Children, Executive Committee, Healthy Cabarrus, Regional HIV Advisory Council, and Greater Cabarrus Chamber of Commerce Health Advisory Committee. Dr. Pilkington also serves as a Fellow in the Center for Excellence in Municipal Management at the George Washington University and as a Professional Affiliate Member of the graduate faculty at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Cabarrus Health Alliance (formerly Cabarrus County Health Department) is a public health authority created by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners effective July 1, 1997 and is governed by a seven-member board, composed of representatives of the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners, the Cabarrus County Medical Society, the Cabarrus Physicians' Organization, the Cabarrus County Board of Health, the NorthEast Medical Center Board of Trustees, and two citizens at large.

The Cabarrus Health Alliance provides services at the following locations:

• 1307 South Cannon Boulevard in Kannapolis
• The Logan Community Family Resource Center, 298 Lincoln Street, SW in Concord
• Home Health, 28 Branchview Dr. NE in Concord

Dr. Pilkington was born on August 20, 1951 in Gastonia, North Carolina. He is married with three children.