NHSD 2026

A conversation with Congressman Bobby Scott (VA) on School Infrastructure and Funding, with audience Q&A.

Presentations by NIOSH Director John Howard, MD, and EPA Deputy Associate Administrator for Science Maureen Gwinn, Ph.D., DABT.

Featuring climate resilience experts Joel Smith, MPP, climate change impacts and adaptation researcher (retired) and Joel Scheraga, Ph.D., EPA senior executive (retired) and Senior Advisor, Healthy Schools Network.

This panel will explore alternative approaches and practical strategies for achieving healthier school environments at scale. Featuring Representative Megan Cotter, Rhode Island House of Representatives, Rachel Hodgdon, President and CEO, International WELL Building Institute, Georgia Lagoudas, PhD, Senior Fellow, Brown University School of Public Health, and Rebecca Padilla, MS, Senior Manager, Nationwide Health Promotions, American Lung Association.

Remarks by Congressman Paul Tonko (NY) focusing on the bipartisan Indoor Air Quality and Healthy Schools Act (H.R. 5123).

Capstone event celebrating National Healthy Schools Day with a conversation reflecting on the evolution of the healthy schools movement and identifying priorities for the next decade. Featured speakers Lynn Goldman, MD, MPH, MS, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and Dean Emeritus, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University and William Datema, DrPH, MS, MCHES, Chief Executive Officer, Society for Public Health Education, and President-Elect, National PTA.