Texas Public Radio
File Photo: Dr. Colleen Bridger, center right, attends a discussion about the city s domestic violence prevention plan in October 2019
Assistant City Manager Colleen Bridger will delay her departure from the City of San Antonio to continue overseeing the response to the pandemic and a former commander of Joint Base San Antonio Fort Sam Houston will take over as Metro Health Director
San Antonio City Manager Erik Walsh told the Mayor and City Council that Dr. Bridger will transition to be the COVID-19 Incident Commander on Jan. 8. In the same memo, Walsh said Mary Garr, President and CEO of Family Service, agreed to serve as interim Metro Health Director while a national search is conducted.