Beth Baron is the LMM’s Outreach and Advocacy Associate. She serves as an information and referral resource for the issues of childhood lead poisoning and helps educate elected and appointed officials at the local, county, state and federal levels of government. Beth is also the Secretary to the Greater Cleveland Lead Advisory Council. “The issues of lead poisoning are not widely recognized/understood by society which allows this problem to continue hurting socially and economically disadvantaged populations,” states Beth.