Madeleine Shea is a champion of policies and programs to benefit economically and socially vulnerable children and families. Her degrees include a BA in Economics from Trinity College, an MA in Management from Johns Hopkins University, and a Ph.D. in public policy from UMBC in 1997, where she researched the politics and cost/benefits of European Union workplace supports for low income families with young children. In 1997, Dr. Shea directed United Way research to refocus on outcome-based approaches to community and family strengthening. From 1998 to 2006 she directed a shift to evidence based prevention programming and served as the Deputy Director of the Maryland AIDS Administration. In 2006, Dr. Shea joined the Baltimore City Health Department as the nation’s first Assistant Commissioner for Healthy Homes. She and her division have built partnerships, strategies, programs and policies to prevent childhood lead poisoning, asthma, and home injuries. She is a Commissioner on the Mayor’s Sustainability Planning Commission and is a Trustee of the Baltimore Medical System, Inc. Dr. Shea serves on numerous public health workgroups and advisory boards and has consulted and testified widely on children’s health, community development, urban health, and evaluation topics.