Richard Swift announces resignation from Clackamas County
Health, housing and human services department director will depart on Feb. 19
The director of Clackamas County s largest division has announced he will step down Feb. 19 after a decade at the helm.
County health, housing and human services (H3S) Director Richard Swift told Pamplin Media Group this week that he intends to take a break from public service following more than 28 years working in various government service roles.
Swift came to the county following an 18-year stint at Multnomah County in 2011 when he was hired as deputy director of H3S. He s played an integral role in advancing some of Clackamas County s most impactful programs and projects, including the county s ambulance services contract with American Medical Response Northwest, bolstering the county s response to the mental health crisis and helping to initiate nearly a dozen housing projects developing hundreds of units of affordable housing.