Healthy Spaces: Legal Tools, Innovations, and Partnerships

Rita-Marie A Brady¹, Joanna L Stettner¹, Liz York¹

• ¹Rita-Marie A. Brady, J.D., M.P.H., earned her undergraduate degree from Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California. She completed a dual degree program at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia with an M.P.H. (global health concentration) from Rollins School of Public Health and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law, with a human rights certificate from Emory University's Institute of Human Rights. Ms. Brady began working at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2007 under the Emerging Leaders Program and subsequently worked in the areas of: fiscal integrity, appropriations, and risk management and is currently a general attorney with the CDC Branch, Public Health Division, HHS Office of the General Counsel and is a member of the Public Health Promotion and Information Legal Team. Joanna L. Stettner, J.D., earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and her J.D. from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a Senior Attorney with the Office of the General Counsel, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Public Health Division, HHS and provides legal advice to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). She also provides guidance to CDC on a wide variety of legal issues including: statutes and federal authorities affecting CDC; intellectual property; grants regulations and policies; and collaborations with non-governmental partners. Liz York, F.A.I.A., is a LEED-AP Fitwel Ambassador and serves as Chief Sustainability Officer and Associate Director for Quality and Sustainability for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She is a registered architect, and holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Architecture, both from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. She has received two White House awards for Sustainability, been named to the Atlanta Business Chronicle's Sustainability Who's Who, and has been recognized by the American Institute of Architects as a Fellow for her work to impact health and well-being by empowering architects to build better environments.