Ruth Ann Norton

Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:03 am

Ruth Ann Norton is executive director of the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning. Her agency designed and implemented the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI), a national public-private partnership "that refocuses how we as a nation repair and improve housing in economically challenged communities."

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