Hannah Cleverly of Aberdeen is the new deputy director of Grays Harbor County Emergency Management.

The County Commission unanimously approved her hiring by Sheriff Rick Scott at the commission’s Tuesday afternoon meeting.

“I’m very excited to get going and hit the ground running,” Cleverly said. “I’m excited about the new role and where we’re going to go.”

Scott did not respond to a request for comment by Thursday afternoon.

“Cleverly brings the knowledge and enthusiasm moving forward with Emergency Management,” a statement from the Sheriff’s Office said.

She worked five years at Grays Harbor Community Hospital, according to the release attributed to Scott, “where she managed the Emergency Management and Security programs.”

Cleverly was the environment of care coordinator for Community Hospital from May 2014 until March of this year, when the position was eliminated. Prior to that, she held jobs as a group exercise instructor at YMCA of Grays Harbor and as a staff assistant at Community Hospital, with previous jobs at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Sammamish Physical Therapy. She also has a Bachelor of Science in kinesiology and exercise science from Eastern Washington University, which she attended until 2007, according to her Linkedin.com page.

“(At Grays Harbor Community Hospital,) I oversaw fire and life safety, emergency management and security. It’s a big compliance aspect in health care,” Cleverly said. “I ran drills. I chaired the committee. I did training and education. I assited in the ICS (incident command system) command center.”

Cleverly lives in Aberdeen with her husband and two children, the release states.