Ruth Ann Norton

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 most effective and foremost authorities on healthy housing and its impact on the social determinants of health. She directs GHHI’s national strategy to integrate climate, healthcare, and healthy housing as a platform for improved health, economic, and social outcomes in historically disinvested communities.
Ruth Ann is a noted expert on building community capacity and effective work plans to incorporate environmental health standards in housing-related programs. She is leading GHHI’s $50 million Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program for EPA Region 3 to fund environmental justice projects across the Mid-Atlantic and is spearheading GHHI’s work in the development and implementation of decarbonization, electrification, and climate change mitigation services for low-income households.

Ruth Ann serves as a member of the EPA Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC), the Maryland Clean Energy Center Board of Directors, the DC Solar Task Force, the National Council of State Housing Agencies’ National Advisory Group, and the APHA Environmental Leadership Network, among many others.