Bill Browning

Bill Browning is a Penn State graduate with a diverse career in child welfare. Prior to becoming the Health and Human Services Director and Office of Youth and Family Services Director for Lackawanna County, Mr. Browning began his professional career as a caseworker in the Harlem/Washington Heights section of New York City, later investigated child abuse in the New York County District Attorney’s Office, provided consultation to the five boroughs district attorney’s offices, prospective analysis and retrospective reviews of child deaths for the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, and was an administrator at a diagnostic facility in Staten Island as well as a trainer on forensic issues for Pennsylvania Child Welfare. Throughout his career, he has witnessed firsthand the inextricable link between socioeconomic conditions and physical health, leading him to develop the county health department as a component of human services.