Building Healthy Communities in Environmental Justice Areas

Janine M. Legg, MBA owns the community institution Environmental Justice Consultants, which provides sponsored community education and sliding scale consulting services regarding environmental justice matters. She has 26 years of business experience. S he holds degrees and certifications in five disciplines, which mkes her knowledge of environmental justice unique. She has served as the Ethics Chairman for the State Bar of Texas, Legal Assistants Division for a term. She has litigation experience as a Technical Advisor and worked for Andrews and Kurth, providing litigation support to experts in assisting in preparation of studies. She held the certification of Associate Safety Professional from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals when she was a consulting risk manager and industrial hygienist. She also has worked in environmental justice communities. She currently works on a full time basis for Health Advocate, Plymouth Meeting in the Appeals Department. She volunteers for the University of Pennsylvania, Wissahickon Hospice as a hospice volunteer. She is a volunteer for SE Pennsylvania VOAD. She also has membership in the FBI's Infragard program, with an interest in serving to improve public health infrastructure. She currently holds the position of Vice Chairman of the Environmental Justice Advisory Board, Department of Environmental Protection, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Term 2004-2006), appointed by Secretary Kathryn McGinty. She has published the original abstract of Building Healthy Communities in Environmental Justice Areas (BHCEJA) for the 2002 American Public Health Association Conference in Philadelphia where she gave the first formal peer reviewed presentation on the BHCEJA model. In 2005, the model Building Healthy Communities was passed by the Environmental Justice Advisory Board as a starting place for the Environmentally burdened and Cumulative Disparate Impact subcommittees. She has provided input to the Masry and Vittitoe law firm in the City of Willits vs. Remco Hydraulics case. Ms. Legg is a reviewer for the American Journal of Public Health and Science of the Total Environment.MBA, ., Janine MLegg is the author of 'Building Healthy Communities in Environmental Justice Areas ', published 2006 under ISBN 9781419627576 and ISBN 1419627570.