Committees

Lead-Free NJ’s committees help advance the collaborative’s yearly objectives and long-term goals. Contact [email protected] to join a committee.

The Advocacy Coordinating Committee brings stakeholders together to identify advocacy strategies and coordinate individual advocacy activities.

Co-Chairs: Yvette Jordan (Newark Education Workers Caucus) & Kelvin Boddy (Housing and Community Development Network of NJ)

Chair: Alix Fellman (Trenton Health Team), Bert Cooper (GHHI)

Backbone staff: Green & Healthy Homes Initiative

The Housing Policy Committee brings stakeholders together to identify policies that support the elimination of housing-related lead hazards, including lead-contaminated paint, soil, and internal plumbing.

The Jersey Water Works Lead in Drinking Water Advisory Committee, (formerly a Task Force) serves as the Lead-Free NJ Water Policy Committee, bringing stakeholders together to identify policies that support the elimination of lead hazards in drinking water.

Chair: Amy Goldsmith, Clean Water Action New Jersey

Water Advocacy Committee

Chair: Rachel Dawn Davis, Waterspirit

The Lead-Free New Jersey Water Advocacy Committee supports the Lead in Drinking Water Advisory Committee. The Water Advocacy Committee is open to all. This will be a group of members with expertise that share information and engage in work. This committee will meet as needed to investigate or research a topic of urgent interest and supplement the policy work of the Advisory Committee.

Improve relationships with the NJ health system to improve lead poisoning prevention and offer better services for children affected by lead exposure.

Top priority: Improve access to blood lead level screening in NJ

Chairs: Sheila Caldwell & Elyse Pivnick