Ruth Ann Norton

Biography

Ruth Ann Norton is the President & CEO of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI). She has led its development into one of the nation’s foremost authorities on healthy housing and its impact on the social determinants of health. An expert on lead poisoning prevention, healthy housing, and the intersection of climate, energy and health, Ms. Norton directs GHHI’s national strategy to integrate climate, healthcare, and housing as a platform for improved health, economic, and social outcomes. Ms. Norton serves as a member of the EPA Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee, the National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health, the APHA Environmental Leadership Network, and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Population Health Information Technology Advisory Board, among others. She is Chair of the Maryland Lead Poisoning Prevention Commission. Ms. Norton holds a degree in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.