Bill J. Crouch was appointed Cabinet Secretary of DHHR in January 2017 by Governor Jim Justice.
After working in acute care hospitals for several years, Bill put his public health care knowledge to use at the West Virginia State Health Department, Office of Community Health Services and later, as the first Executive Director of what is now the West Virginia Health Care Authority where he stayed through 1986.
In 1987, Bill started a health care consulting firm, and for the next 30 years, his company provided health care management and consulting services throughout West Virginia. In addition, he was a partner in a long-term care company that owned and managed long-term care facilities in West Virginia.