Tracy Hilliard, PhD

Dr. Tracy Hilliard is director of the Center for Culturally Responsive Engagement (CCRE) at MPHI (Seattle office), where she leads a team and portfolio with her expertise in culturally responsive and equitable evaluation for advancing racial equity and systems transformation. She is a graduate of the inaugural cohort for Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Leaders in Equitable Evaluation and Diversity (LEEAD) program designed to produce doctoral‐trained evaluators committed to advancing equity and social justice. She has led equity‐focused projects as a learning and evaluation partner for philanthropic, non-profit, governmental, and academic partners across the globe, including W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Kansas Health Foundation, Seattle Foundation, College Spark Washington, King County Best Starts for Kids Initiative, University of Washington (UW) School of Public Health, and the City of Seattle. As a member of the Executive Team in the City of Seattle Human Services Department, she led implementation of a new data‐driven strategic plan for evaluation to address racial inequities and ensure improved outcomes for those served by over 200 of Seattle’s health and social services agencies. She began her postdoctoral career leading practice-based research in the Assessment, Policy Development, and Evaluation Unit at Public Health Seattle & King County. Her work as a consultant to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) set the national agenda for systems and services workforce research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and RWJF. She is an affiliate researcher at the Center for Culturally Responsive Engagement and Assessment (CREA) at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, and the UW Department of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing.