Hetty Linden is Public Health Director at the Municipality of Utrecht. This organization focusses on policy making and activities regarding Healthy Urban Living. She was initiator of the Healthy Neighborhood Approach, where she actively supported purposeful collaboration between all neighborhood partners and inhabitants. Earlier she was working for the national government and involved in subjects as a vital countryside and sustainable food chains. Hetty Linden studied Nutrition and Health at the University of Wageningen and graduated as epidemiologist. In 2010 she was elected as Government Manager of the year.