Lalena Price has been named Public Information Officer for
the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department.
Dr. Steven Eshenaur, KCHD’s Health Officer and Executive Director, said Price brings deep
experience in crisis communications, marketing and public relations to the role.
“We are happy to welcome Lalena Price to the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department team to
lead our communications and marketing efforts,” Eshenaur said. “Throughout her career, she
has served the public – from her days as a member of the media to her later roles in
government, public higher education, and public media communications. She is committed to
making our outreach efforts accessible, understandable and timely.”
Price has served in communications and marketing roles at West Virginia Public Broadcasting,
the West Virginia Department of Revenue, Marshall University, and the West Virginia
Department of Environmental Protection. She got her start in journalism at the award-winning
Charleston Daily Mail in Charleston, West Virginia. She earned both her degree in journalism
and her Executive M.B.A. from Marshall University.
Price came on board July 11.
“What we need to hear isn’t always what we want to hear,” Price said. “But it’s our mission at the
Kanawha-Charleston Health Department to keep our citizens well informed even beyond the
scope of a global pandemic and any other looming crises. These last years have shown us that
not only do we have to keep our eye on what’s happening globally, we have to stay on top of
critical health-care issues locally and be aware of the life-saving services you can get right
where you live.”