Ruth Ann Norton

President and Chief Executive Officer, Green & Healthy Homes Initiative

Ruth Ann Norton, President & CEO of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative, has led the organization’s development into one of the nation’s most effective and foremost authorities on a whole house approach to healthy housing and its impact on the social determinants of health. She served as the architect of GHHI's Whole House Model that is built on a framework of cross-sector collaboration on health, safety and energy efficiency sectors and broad alignment of funding sources that improves human health and the health of homes. Ruth Ann directs GHHI’s national strategy, policy and services in over 75 partnering jurisdictions to integrate innovative funding for clean energy and healthy housing as a platform for improved health, economic, climate and social outcomes for low-income communities.