Leigh Fischer, MPH
Principal
As a Principal with TriWest, Leigh provides consultation, evaluation, and technical assistance to communities, behavioral health organizations, policy institutes, and state agencies. She assesses community needs and organizational readiness to implement evidence-based practices and policies and develops program evaluation and quality improvement plans. She has expertise in substance use prevention, early intervention, treatment, and recovery for youth and adults and integration of behavioral health services into health care and community-based settings.
In her previous work, Leigh led the implementation and evaluation of state and national initiatives focused on addressing the opioid crisis; screening, brief intervention, referral to treatment (SBIRT); and Medicaid financing and service delivery reforms for substance use disorder treatment. She started her career as a direct services provider serving families engaged in the child welfare system as well as supporting pregnant and parenting adolescents in achieving their educational goals. Her early experiences working with families and across systems shaped her commitment to integrating the voice of those with lived experience in the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs. Leigh is an experienced meeting facilitator and has informed the development of tools, resource guides, and reports for different audiences, including the general public, program administrators, and policy makers.
Leigh lives in Denver, Colorado, with her family. She enjoys traveling, trying new restaurants, and adventuring in the Rocky Mountains.
Leigh earned a master of public health degree in community health sciences.