Whitney Gray is a renowned expert on improving public health through building design and community development. As the Senior Vice President of Research at the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), she leads research efforts that contribute to best practices in building design and operations, community development, and organizational policies. Before joining IWBI, Gray served as the Health Research and Innovation Director for global healthcare design firm Cannon Design and led building science research at the MedStar Institute for Innovation. Gray is an adjunct assistant professor at both the Georgetown School of Nursing & Health Studies and the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. She is also the co-founder of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Health in Buildings Roundtable and an Advisory Board member at the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures. Gray has a Ph.D. and a B.A. in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and was the first public health professional to become a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP).