Howard Hu, Professor & Flora L. Thornton Chair at Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Howard Hu, chair of the MBH Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board, is a physician-scientist with an M.D. from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine; and an M.P.H. and Sc.D. (epidemiology) from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Hu has been a tenured professor, associate physician, director, department chair, and dean in positions at Harvard (1990-2006), the University of Michigan (2006-2012), and the University of Toronto (2012-2018). He is currently a professor and the Flora L. Thornton Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine in the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Read his biography.

Dori Germolec, Immunolgy Discipline Leader at NIEHS

Dori Germolec received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Duke University and her Ph.D. in toxicology from North Carolina State University. From 1995 to 2006, she served as the group leader of the Environmental Immunology Laboratory at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, examining the role of growth-promoting cytokines in inflammation and cancer. Since 2006, she has worked full-time within the National Toxicology Program (NTP), where she currently serves as the Deputy Branch Chief for Toxicology. As the Immunology discipline lead, she is responsible for the NTP’s efforts to validate test methods and to assess the potential for chemicals to modulate immune responses in humans and rodent models. Read her biography.

William (Bill) Hayward, CEO at Hayward Score, CEO Hayward Lumber

Bill Hayward is the founder of Hayward Score as well as the CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer of Hayward Lumber, a 95-year-old California lumber and building material supplier. In 2008, Bill, his wife, and their newborn daughter became sick in their “dream home.” Since then, Bill has been focused on the intersection of building science and medical science, developing strategies to transform home construction so that homes will no longer degrade human health. Learn more about designing a healthy dream home.

Jonathan M. Samet, Professor & Former Dean of the Colorado School of Public Health

Jonathan Samet, a pulmonary physician and epidemiologist, is the past dean of the Colorado School of Public Health. Previously, he was at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine as Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (1978-1994), the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as Chair of the Department of Epidemiology (1994-2008), and the University of Southern California as Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine (2008-2017). His research has focused on the risks of environmental agents, including outdoor and indoor air pollution. Read his biography.

Bill Walsh, Director of the Safer Chemistry Impact Fund

Bill Walsh is the Director of the Safer Chemistry Impact Fund, which is dedicated to advancing science-based, data-driven solutions to systematically eliminate hazardous chemicals and replace them with verified safer alternatives. Immediately before this position, he served as Executive Director of the Passport Foundation, where he oversaw approximately $3.5m in annual grant-making in the field of environmental health and chemical hazard reduction. Previously, he founded the Healthy Building Network (HBN) which has, since 2000, defined the leading edge of healthy building practices to increase transparency in the building products industry, reduce human exposures to chemicals in building materials, and create market incentives for healthier innovations in manufacturing.  He holds a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law and LLM in Public Interest Advocacy from Georgetown University. Read his biography.

Roberta F. White, Professor Emeritus, Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health

Roberta F. White is a trans-disciplinary scientist whose research focuses on the effects of exposure to industrial pollutants on brain function. Initially trained as a clinical psychologist/neuropsychologist, her work employs cognitive and behavioral test measures and neuroimaging techniques to identify pollutant effects on the central nervous system. Her work has had significant public health impact in setting standards for occupational exposure to lead, environmental exposure to methylmercury in utero, and acceptance of GWI as a physical illness related to chemical exposures in theatre. Read her biography.