Christi Hildebran

Christi Hildebran is vice president of research and evaluation at Comagine Health. She provides oversight, growth strategy and subject matter expertise for the organization’s research activities, which focus on bridging the research-to-practice gap. In addition, she leads the company’s overall behavioral health strategy.

The research and evaluation team focuses on substance use disorder prevention, treatment and recovery, controlled substance prescribing practices, harm reduction interventions, initiatives to promote community health and equity, and the development and testing of tools for professionals and patients.

Before becoming vice president of research and evaluation, Ms. Hildebran was the team’s director and then senior director, overseeing its administration, operations and growth. She led select research studies, including a five-year study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse to evaluate health care providers’ use of a prescription drug monitoring program and subsequent patient risk profiles and a three-year study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to develop an advanced training program for pharmacists to encourage safe medication. She has co-authored more than 30 peer-reviewed research articles.

Ms. Hildebran brings more than 30 years of nonprofit experience to her role. She has held leadership and clinical roles at organizations such as the Mental Health & Addiction Certification Board of Oregon, CODA, Inc., the Oregon Health Authority, the Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Inc., Charlie’s Place Recovery Center and Columbia Bayview Psychiatric Center. She has served as an adjunct faculty member for the Portland State University School of Social Work’s graduate program and the University of Oregon Substance Use Prevention Program.

Ms. Hildebran earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and a Master of Social Work from Portland State University. She is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor III.