Marcheta Gillam joined the NCHH Board in March 2006. She is a housing attorney with the Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati. Her primary responsibilities include all aspects of legal advocacy on behalf of low-income families living in substandard housing. Gillam's advocacy for tenants over the past 16 years has made her a strong advocate for lead poisoning prevention and healthy homes. Gillam served on the 2000 Legislative Working Group for Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention in Ohio and on the 1995 Ohio Governor's Committee on Environmental Lead Abatement.