Fil-Am Dr. Raquel Bono is Washington state COVID-19 Health System Response Management Director

Fil-Am Raquel Bono will head the #COVID19 Health System Response Management of Washington State.

She is a retired US Navy Vice Admiral

OLYMPIA, Washington — Gov. Jay Inslee on March 22 named retired Navy Vice Admiral Raquel C. Bono, a Filipino American, as Washington state director for COVID-19 Health System Response Management.  She will advise the governor and state agencies on how to address the pandemic.

The Philippine-born Bono, the first woman surgeon in the military to hold the rank of vice admiral, is currently a senior fellow with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. -- Inquirer.net

#FilAm Raquel Bono will head the #COVID19 Health System Response Management of Washington State. She will advise the governor and state agencies on how to address the pandemic. #MyFilAmStory #COVID19PH | via @inquirerdotnethttps://t.co/2KSZPG2kk4

— U.S. Embassy in the Philippines (@USEmbassyPH) April 6, 2020

Today, I named ret. Navy Vice Admiral Raquel C. Bono Washington state director for COVID-19 Health System Response Management. pic.twitter.com/4kXjpJdZFx

— Governor Jay Inslee (@GovInslee) March 22, 2020

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Created at April 07, 2020 at 09:44PM

The governor wants Dr. Raquel Bono to turn Washington facilities into a pandemic-fighting machine.

NEW: The governor wants Dr. Raquel Bono to turn Washington facilities into a pandemic-fighting machine. https://t.co/s9UTuVW6nK

— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) March 26, 2020