Bill Walsh is the Founder, and a Board Member, of Healthy Building Network (HBN). Currently serving as Strategic Advisor to the organization, Bill created Healthy Building Network in 2000 to define the leading edge of healthy building practices that increase transparency in the building products industry, reduce human exposures to chemicals in building materials, and create market incentives for healthier innovations in manufacturing. He has been Visiting Professor at Parsons School of Design, was a founding member, and currently serves on, the Advisory Board of the Healthy Babies Bright Futures initiative, and was a founding member of the Health Product Declaration Collaborative. In 2012 Bill received the US Green Building Council’s Leadership In Advocacy Award and was named a Fellow at the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production at the University of Massachusetts. In 2013 Bill was awarded the Healthy Schools Hero by the Healthy Schools Network, and in 2018 he was awarded the WEACT for Environmental Justice Leadership Award.