LIFE WITHOUT LEAD

PUBLIC HEALTH, PREVENTION, AND POLICY

Together, we are working to create a lead-safe Allegheny and beyond. For all.

Join Us Virtually

October 22, 2025  |  8:30 am – 3:30 pm

Join us for an exciting day at the Life Without Lead Summit! This event is your chance to learn, connect, and take action for a lead-safe future in Allegheny County. Hear from inspiring speakers, engage in thought-provoking discussions, and discover innovative solutions to eliminate lead from our lives and prevent childhood lead poisoning. Lead poisoning affects communities as a whole, so we all need to take responsibility for addressing this issue. Together, we can make a difference and create a healthier world for ourselves and future generations.

October 22, 2025

8:30am – Welcome & Introductions by Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis, Executive Director, Women for a Healthy Environment

8:50am – Performance by Diarra Imani, Professional Creative, Founder of The YOUniversity Arts & Academic Consulting

9am  – Keynote Presentation: Edson Severnini, Associate Professor of Economics, Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society at Boston College

10am – Guest Speaker: Dr. Noah Buncher, Pediatrician, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Introduced by Takiyah Durham, Director, First Steps & Beyond, Allegheny Health Network

11am – BREAK

11:15am – Presentation: Bob Gradeck and Steve Saylor, Western PA Regional Data Center

Introduced by Shawn Reed, Community Democracy Program Coordinator, Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services

12pm – Breakout Rooms/Discussion Time

12:30pm – LUNCH

1pm – Panel Discussion: Best practices/lessons learned from various lead programs in the country

Moderated by Gabby Gray, Lead Organizer, Pittsburgh United’s Our Water Campaign

Panelists:

  • Lisa Ramsey, Deputy Director, Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership (Ohio)
  • Jeannine McMillan, Executive Director, Center for Population Health (Pennsylvania)
  • Clare Henrie, Program Director, Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning, Causewave Community Partners (New York)

2pm – Panel: Policy as Prevention (code enforcement and proactive rental inspections)

Moderated by Larry Brooks, MPA, CCEO, National Center for Healthy Housing

Panelist:

  • Amanda Settelmaier, Executive Director, Turtle Creek Valley Council of Governments
  • Brooke Christy, Equal Justice Works Fellow, Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services
  • Meghan Binford, Staff Attorney, Public Interest Law Center

2:30pm – Discussion of Breakout Rooms

3pm – Closing Statement: Dr. Iulia Vann, Public Health Director, Allegheny County  

Introduced by Mounika Abbareddy, Program Coordinator, CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, Women for a Healthy Environment

Grateful for generous support from

The Heinz Endowments
Great Lakes Lead Elimination Network