2023 National Lead and Healthy Housing Conference
October 18 – 20, 2023
Held at the Embassy Suites Hotel Philadelphia Airport

Registration Information
For 1 person from an organization
Regular Rate: $290
LEHA Member Rate: $260
HUD Grantees Rate: $260
For 2 or 3 persons from an organization
Regular Rate: $275 per person
LEHA Member Rate: $260
HUD Grantees Rate: $260
For 4 or more persons from an organization
Regular Rate: $260per person
LEHA Member Rate: $260
HUD Grantees Rate: $260
Time to network again!
Time to get up to date on new lead and healthy housing funding opportunities and program strategies!
Need CEUs?
The National Environmental Health Association has awarded pre-approval of 18 CEUs for those attending the National Conference. If you are attending the conference and would like CEUs from NEHA, upon completion of the conference, send a request for the Pre-Approval NEHA Letter and the Continuing Education Certificate of Completion.
Special Preconference Workshop on Dust Wipes
In light of all the regulatory dust wipe requirements and changes to EPA’s dust wipe action levels, LEHA is offering a three-hour informational program on the Dust Sampling Technicians Course, October 18 from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. as one of three pre-conference workshops (see Conference Schedule). The workshop is being presented by the Lead and Environmental Hazards Association (LEHA), NAETI Environmental training organization, and the Environmental Hazards Services (EHS) lead lab.
The program will cover the following:
- Why all the talk about dust wipes (background)
- Overview of regional laws that require dust wipe sampling
- Similarities vs. Variations in NYC, NJ, Philly and Lancaster, PA
- How to properly collect a dust wipe
- The importance of being accurate and precise with clear documentation
- The EPA Dust Wipe Sampling Technicians course: Why, When and Where
Conference Program
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
9:00 a.m. – Noon – Three Concurrent Pre-Conference Workshops
Workshop #1 is an Informational Program on the Dust Sampling Technicians Course to Prepare People to Take the EPA Certification Course.
Presenters: Lee Wasserman and Greg Krueger, Lew Environmental, and Kathy Tyler-Harris and Howard Varner, Environmental Hazards Services
Workshop #2 is on Leading the Way: Achieving Grant Success by Implementing Lead Effective Procedures and Green Technologies for Cost-Effective Remediation of Lead Contaminated Soils.
Presenter: Rosa Zaremba, Program Director, Community Affairs and Resource Center
Workshop #3 is on Strategies for Addressing and Remediating Home-Based Environmental Health and Safety Hazards.
Presenter: Mike Sharp, Senior Safety Officer, Janus Corporation
Noon – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch on Your Own
1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – Opening General Session
Moderator: Kate Kirkwood, Program Manager, Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Program
Part 1: Presentation on the purpose of the forthcoming EPA/HUD virtual workshop on the detection, measurement and characterization of lead-based paint to support efforts to reduce lead exposure.
Presenter: Catie Taylor, US EPA
Part 2: Presentations on the proposed EPA Dust Lead Hazard Standards and Dust Lead Post-Abatement Clearance Levels, and the Technical Analysis of the proposed rule.
Presenters: Claire Brisse, US EPA and Mark Myer, US EPA
Part 3: Clarifying perspectives on EPA’s proposed clearance and hazard standards rule.
Panelists: Howard Varner, Kathy Tyler-Harris (Laboratory perspective); Lee Wasserman and Greg Krueger (inspector/risk assessor perspective); Ron Peik (abatement contractor perspective); Larry Brooks (public agency and HUD grantee perspective); Dave Jacobs (scientist perspective)
Part 4: Presentation on Community Engagement
Presenter: Jackie Hernandez, Lead Hazard Control Program Coordinator, Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – Networking Reception and Exhibit Viewing
Thursday, October 19, 2023
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Two Concurrent Educational Tracks
Educational Track #1 on Lead Poisoning Prevention and Lead Hazard Control Issues
Part 1: Presentation on lessons learned from recently enacted laws and regulations in the mid-Atlantic region.
Presenters: Kathy Tyler-Harris, Environmental Hazards Services, Lee Wasserman and Greg Krueger, LEW Environmental
Part 2: Panel on lead in household products and disproportionate exposure to lead by low-income households
Presenters: Joe Laquatra, Professor, Cornell University and Kim Ploszaj, Connecticut State Government
Part 3: Presentation on increasing awareness, outreach and education
Presenter: Gail Gettens, Department of Health and Human Services, New Hampshire
Educational Track #2 on Healthy Housing and Safe Housing Issues
Part 1: Presentation on eliminating German cockroach infestations using Assessment-based Pest Management (APM): No resident cooperation required.
Presenter: Dini Miller, University of Vermont
Part 2: Presentation on using a Health Information Exchange to understand patterns of lead poisoning and asthma.
Presenter: Stuart Altschuler, Director of Analytics and Insights, Trenton Health Team
Part 3: Presentations on low cost, high impact home modifications for aging in place – Live improvement through home improvement. and Aging in Place Program
Presenters: Karen Koch, Home Modification Occupational Therapy Alliance and Mary Endrusick, Neighborhood Watch
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch Provided
1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – Two Concurrent Educational Tracks
Educational Track #1 on Lead Poisoning Prevent and Lead Hazard Control Issues (1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.)
Part 1: Presentation on the EPA Local Lead Action Plan
Presenter: Hannah Bartling, Lead-Based Paint Team, US EPA
Part 2: Presentation on lead poisoning prevention and services across silos
Presenter: Elyse Pivnick, Director of Environmental Health, Isles, Inc.
Part 3: Presentation on empowering families to prevent pervasive lead exposure when abatement or relocation are not immediate options.
Presenter: Marta Kostecki, Regional Lead Treatment Center
Part 4: Presentations on Get the Lead Out: policies to ensure safe drinking water in schools and childcare facilities.
Presenters: Jennifer Hoponick Redmon, Director, Environmental Health and Water Quality, RTI International; Ed Norman Program Manager, NC Department of Health and Human Services, and John Rumpler, Director, Environment America
Educational Track #2 on Healthy Housing and Safe Housing Issues (1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.)
Part 1: Presentation on using an Environmental Justice Tool Kit for lead paint enforcement programs.
Presenter: Robin Jacobs, US EPA
Part 2: Presentation on Tiered Credentials for Healthy Housing Workforce
Presenters: Larry Zarker, Chief Executive Officer, Building Performance Institute and Kevin Kennedy, Environmental Health Scientist, Healthy Indoors Training and Consulting
Part 3: Presentation on abatement for housing rehabilitation programs and how to navigate the regulatory requirements.
Presenter: Michelle DeGarmo, Flatley Read, Inc.
Part 4: Identifying and remediating indoor air quality hazards – and beyond
Presenter: Carl Grimes, Director Healthy Homes, Hayward Healthy Homes Institute
Friday, October 20, 2023
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – General Session
Part 1: Presentations on preventing childhood lead poisoning: the work of the parent advocate and the progress made in Cleveland and in Southern New Jersey
Presenters: Bett Cantley, Parent Advocate, Ohio Lead Free Kids Coalition
Karen Dettmer, Senior Lead Strategist, Office of the Mayor of Cleveland
Robin Brown, CEO, Concerned Citizens Organized Against Lead
Nudar Chowdbury, Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative
Part 2: Presentation on Federal Opportunities: New programs and available funding for lead poisoning prevention, lead hazard control and healthy housing programs.
Presenters: Matt Ammon, Director, HUD Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes and Tara Radosevich, title, HUD
Part 3: Presentation on eliminating lead pipes.
Presenter: Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safe Chemicals, Environmental Defense Fund
Part 4: “Stump the Pros”: a problem-solving session with attendees asking questions of a panel of professionals representing various disciplines.
Moderator: Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safe Chemicals, Environmental Defense Fund
Panelists: Howard Varner and Kathy Tyler-Harris (lab issues), Ron Peik (lead remediation and contracting issues), Lee Wasserman and Greg Krueger (inspection and risk assessment issues), Mike Sharp (indoor environmental hazards issues), Larry Brooks (public agency and grantee issues), Kate Kirkwood (outreach and grantee issues)
Location and Hotel Information
Held at the Embassy Suites Hotel Philadelphia Airport
To make hotel reservations
As you may know, our room block at the Embassy Suites has reached capacity. If you still need to book a hotel room for the New Grantees Orientation Program or the National Lead and Healthy Housing Conference, consider the Hampton Inn Bartram (8600 Bartram Ave) or the DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia Airport (4509 Island Ave).
To make a reservation at one of these hotels, please call the Hilton Reservations line at 800-445-8667 and mention the event you are attending. Both are less than a quarter of a mile from the event location.
If you have trouble making your reservation, send me a message using this contact form
Registration Information
For 1 person from an organization
Regular Rate: $290
LEHA Member Rate: $260
HUD Grantees Rate: $260
For 2 or 3 persons from an organization
Regular Rate: $275 per person
LEHA Member Rate: $260
HUD Grantees Rate: $260
For 4 or more persons from an organization
Regular Rate: $260per person
LEHA Member Rate: $260
HUD Grantees Rate: $260
Conferences Designed to Help Program Managers
As a program manager – new or old – you are not alone. The trials and tribulations that you face have been dealt with by others. The conferences provide you with answers and insights based on the successful experiences of other grant managers through technical assistance workshops and educational sessions.
Also of great value is the opportunity you’ll have to network with fellow managers and program staff from throughout the region.
Environmental health practitioners, health educators, environmental hazard remediation professionals, and building operators face growing challenges. From tight budgets to issues of political and public support to determining appropriate work practices and to questions of environmental science, they all face mounting concerns of how to effectively operate and sustain programs, projects and businesses. The main purpose of the conferences is to help attendees explore solutions to the challenges that are encountered each day in efforts to implement success programs.
Plenty of Time to Network and Establish Professional and Business Relationships
The conferences provide a perfect setting for environmental health practitioners, local and state government officials and industry practitioners to meet, exchange ideas and establish working relationships with one another.
Learning from each other and renewing acquaintances are true benefits of participating in the Lead and Healthy Housing Conferences.
The conferences bring together professionals from health, housing, community development, community groups, advocacy organizations, the lead industry, real estate firms, and residential and commercial facilities to explore ways to undertake programs and projects designed to prevent incidents of lead poisoning, eliminate indoor environmental hazards, and create healthy living and working environments.
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