Health Effects Institute, President/CEO

Health Effects Institute (HEI) selected Elena Craft, PhD as its next President/CEO. 

Dr. Craft comes to HEI from her role as Associate Vice President of the Environmental Defense Fund, where she led a multidisciplinary team of 20 experts in producing science to inform decisions that helped reduce environmental exposures and improve public health. She has worked with both government and industry stakeholders, conducted research on air toxics exposures and effects, published her work in a wide range of scientific journals, and communicated scientific results to diverse audiences.

Dr. Craft earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, her master’s degree in toxicology from North Carolina State University, and her Ph.D. in toxicology from Duke University.

View the full announcement here. 

Jeff Kessner and John Muckle led this search with Corinne Crews and Kira Hamilton.