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Pacific West Hub Newsletter: October 2026

Welcome to our Pacific West Hub October 2026 newsletter! As we close our second grant year, we’re reflecting on the relationships, lessons, and collaborations that have shaped our work across the Pacific West region. In Year 2, we partnered with…

Program Evaluation Readiness Tool

Before you develop your program evaluation, it can be helpful to assess your organization’s readiness to conduct an evaluation. Identifying current strengths and potential challenges can help you plan and execute a more successful evaluation. This 11-item tool helps you…

Project Profile: Data Storytelling Learning Community

Behavioral health organizations are often asked to demonstrate impact, communicate progress, and make data-informed decisions. They face common challenges, including determining what information matters most, how to evaluate their work, and how to communicate findings in a way that resonates…

Identifying and Addressing Underlying Causes of School Staff Well-Being

This learning series will provide school leaders with a road map to understanding and addressing school staff stress and burnout and highlight research-based strategies for organizational change management, workload analysis, and psychologically healthy leadership practices, and more. Participants will focus…

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About the Pacific West Hub

The Pacific West Hub is housed within the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in Seattle, WA.

We serve HHS Regions 9 and 10, which include Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. These regions are home to over 430 federally recognized tribes including the Navajo Nation, the largest tribe in the U.S.

Staff

Lydia Chwastiak, MD, MPH headshot photo

Lydia Chwastiak, MD, MPH

Co-Director, Pacific West Hub

Christina Clayton headshot photo

Christina Clayton, MSW, LICSW, SUDP

Co-Director, Pacific West Hub

Erin Wright headshot photo

Erin Wright, LMHC

Program Manager, Pacific West Hub

Akansha Vaswani-Bye, PhD headshot photo

Akansha Vaswani-Bye, PhD

Implementation Consultant, Pacific West Hub

Denna Vandersloot headshot photo

Denna Vandersloot, MEd

Implementation Coach, Pacific West Hub

Alix Rose, PhD

Implementation Consultant, Pacific West Hub

R. Andrew (Andy) Hunt, MSW

Implementation Consultant, Pacific West Hub

David Katz, PhD, MPH headshot photo

David Katz, PhD, MPH

Evaluator, Pacific West Hub

Olga Vitruk, MPH headshot photo

Olga Vitruk, MPH

Data Manager, Pacific West Hub

Payton Messersmith headshot photo

Payton Messersmith

Communications Lead, Pacific West Hub

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