Full Name
Ruth Thomas-Squance
Job Title
Co-Executive Director
Company
Build Healthy Places Network
Speaker Bio
Dr. Ruth Thomas-Squance, PhD, MPH, is Co-Executive Director at the Build Healthy Places Network, a national center positioning cross-sector partnerships from community development, public health and healthcare sectors to lead and leverage community-centered investments across the country to address the drivers of health and advance racial equity.
A passionate public health change agent, Dr. Thomas-Squance brings almost 20 years of experience working in multisector collaborations with diverse partners to promote health equity.
She is the immediate past Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for the US Green Building Council. She also serves on the Multisector Partner Advisory Group of the Center for Health Justice at the American Association of Medical Colleges. Dr. Thomas-Squance was selected as a University of California, Berkeley Public Health Social Impact Fellow for the 2024-25. She earned a doctorate from Imperial College London and an MPH from the UC Berkeley. She lives in San Francisco, CA.
A passionate public health change agent, Dr. Thomas-Squance brings almost 20 years of experience working in multisector collaborations with diverse partners to promote health equity.
She is the immediate past Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for the US Green Building Council. She also serves on the Multisector Partner Advisory Group of the Center for Health Justice at the American Association of Medical Colleges. Dr. Thomas-Squance was selected as a University of California, Berkeley Public Health Social Impact Fellow for the 2024-25. She earned a doctorate from Imperial College London and an MPH from the UC Berkeley. She lives in San Francisco, CA.
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