Who is the HIEC?
Our Mission:
It is the mission of the Healthy Indoor Environments Coalition to lay a foundation for proactive change to affect the health and quality of indoor environments for all population sectors throughout the Heartland Region.
It is our purpose to provide standardized indoor environmental resources and information to a network of health, education, environmental, government, public and private organizations.
It is our goal to assist them in providing education and training relating to public health and the built environment in an effort to empower each community to seek and support governance changes in indoor environmental policy.
Our Goals:
1. Identify indoor environmental deficits.
2. Build community consensus on indoor environmental subjects.
3. Build community consensus on indoor environmental training requirements and needs.
4. Publish information on indoor air related topics of concern to the community.
5. Review policy trends and activities across the country and bring them to the Heartland.
Our Current Officers are:
President
Erica Forrest, MS, RRT, AE-C
Environmental Health Coordinator
Environmental Health Program
Section of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics
Vice President/Treasurer
Marjorie Thomas
Administrative Specialist/Indoor Air Resource
Department of Air Quality
Wyandotte County Health Department
Kansas City, Kansas
Secretary
Luke Gard
Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
JOIN HIECH . . .
and help us bring about a greater awareness of the public health concerns and issues as they relate to the built environment and facilitate an open dialogue towards change.
Pick up an application for an individual or corporate membership online or visit our web site to find out what's new with our members and about upcoming HIECH sponsored events.
Download our membership application here
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