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
Watch Welcome and Introductions
8:50am – Performance by Diarra Imani, Professional Creative, Founder of The YOUniversity Arts & Academic Consulting
Watch the Performance by Diarra Imani
9am – Keynote Presentation: Edson Severnini, Associate Professor of Economics, Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society at Boston College
Watch Keynote Presentation by Edson Severnini
10am – Guest Speaker: Dr. Noah Buncher, Pediatrician, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Watch Guest Speaker Dr. Noah Buncher
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
Watch the Presentation by 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
Watch the Panel on Best Practices
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)
Watch the Panel on Policy as Prevention
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
Watch the Closing Statement by Dr. Iulia Vann
Introduced by Mounika Abbareddy, Program Coordinator, CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, Women for a Healthy Environment
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