Jennie Young has worked at NEA HIN for over ten years advocating for safe and healthy work environments for education support professionals, teachers, and other NEA members.
She manages NEA HIN’s cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which focuses on educating school employees on how to identify, prevent, and resolve indoor air quality (IAQ) issues using EPA’s IAQ Tools for Schools program.
Her latest achievements include producing two new online professional development courses on indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and asthma, and is the Program Manager for NEA HIN’s new online course Managing Asthma in the School Environment: What NEA Members Need to Know and What’s Your IEQ? A Roadmap to School Indoor Environmental Quality.
Jennie also works on crisis preparedness and response and school cleanliness and hygiene. She manages NEA HIN’s Custodial Leaders for Environmental Advocacy Nationwide (C.L.E.A.N.) awards program which recognizes school custodians for their outstanding achievements in school cleanliness and contributions to public health.
She has designed and conducted numerous trainings and presentations for NEA members and UniServ staff, including NEA HIN’s annual IAQ Tools for Schools Pre-Symposium training which focuses on how to organize around IAQ and other health and safety issues as a local association.
To recognize her many achievements in school health, she received the 2009-2010 National Healthy Schools Hero Award from the Healthy Schools Network, Inc.
Jennie works everyday
to maintain a healthy work/life balance, and is sure she gets her 35 grams of
fiber a day. She relieves stress by going to the gym and
spending time on the water where she lives in
Annapolis, Maryland.
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