Bill Walsh, Safer Chemistry Impact Fund

Bill Walsh has a distinguished career leading innovative nonprofit initiatives to reduce the impact of toxic chemicals on human health and the environment, and to accelerate the adoption of safer chemistry. He is the founding Director of the Safer Chemistry Impact Fund, an innovative blended capital fund for non-profits who are advancing science-based, data-driven solutions to systematically eliminate hazardous chemicals and replace them with verified safer alternatives. Previously, he served as Executive Director of the Passport Foundation, where he oversaw grant-making in the field of environmental health and chemical hazard reduction. From 2000-2022 he served in leadership roles with Habitable, which he founded as the Healthy Building Network (HBN) in 2000. Bill and HBN received numerous awards and recognitions for efforts reduce human exposures to chemicals in building materials and create market incentives for healthier innovations in manufacturing.  There he oversaw the development of the Pharos Chemical Hazard Database, and the of the Health Product Declaration, where he served as a Founding Board Member. From 1989-2000 Bill held leadership positions with Greenpeace USA, including many years as the Toxics Campaign Director. Bill has been a visiting professor at the Parsons School of Design, and holds a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law and an LLM in Public Interest Advocacy from Georgetown University.