Chelsea Gridley-Smith, PhD

NACCHO

Dr. Chelsea Gridley-Smith is the Director of Environmental Health at NACCHO, providing management and leadership over Vector Control, Climate Change, Food Safety, Environmental Health Practice, and Water Preparedness. At NACCHO, she has represented the organization on the Environmental Health and Equity Coalition, the Retail Food Safety Regulatory Association Collaborative, and the National Vector Borne Disease Network. Dr. Gridley-Smith began her career in biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health and led NACCHO’s vector control and climate change programs for three years before assuming the Director role. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Albany, State University of New York, School of Public Health. She also holds a Bachelor of Science from D'Youville College in Buffalo, NY with a minor in Chemistry.