Kristin Vick, M.P.A., has spent over a decade in various research and policy roles pushing for systemic improvements in behavioral health systems. Her work focuses on marginalized and vulnerable populations such as youth, those with complex behavioral health needs, and those involved in the criminal-legal system. Before joining WERT, Kristin spent five years working as a Research Coordinator at UW’s CoLab for Community and Behavioral Health Policy (UW CoLab), and has previously worked for UW’s Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute (ADAI) and New York City’s MFY Legal Services in their low-income sober home policy division. She received her MPA from John Jay College where she served as a Policy Fellow at the Prisoner Reentry Institute (PRI) and received her BA in Psychology from Rutgers University.
