Cassie Branderhorst is an experienced professional with a demonstrated history of working in tech start-ups and the public and private sectors concentrating on behavioral health, criminal justice programming and policy reform, community coalition building and outreach, social determinants of health, and public policy.

She is highly skilled in systems and processes optimization, population health management, strategic partnerships, market research, report/proposal writing, and substance use disorder prevention and treatment.

She began her career in Federal Law Enforcement and her 15+ years of experience includes work for and with Verily Life Sciences (fka Google Life Sciences), Gateway Foundation-Corrections Division, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the United States Federal Courts-Northern District of Illinois, the Homeless and Housing Resource Network (HHRN), the Council of State Governments’ (CSG) Justice Center, Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC), the National Association for State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD), and various state, county, and local governments, as well as jails, prisons, probation, and police departments across the country.

Additionally, Cassie has taught Criminal Justice courses as adjunct faculty at Roosevelt University in Chicago. She received her BA in Criminal Justice (with honor) from Michigan State University and her MS in Public Service Management-Public Policy from DePaul University.