Chris Baumgartner is the Drug Systems Director at the Washington State Department of Health. Prior to his appointment in 2015, he served in various capacities for 10 years, including working for the department as the Prescription Monitoring Program Director and owning a consulting firm that provided training and technical services to federal and state governments. He also worked for the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services as an IT Portfolio Analyst and managed the Prescription Monitoring Program for the State of Maine while with the Office of Substance Abuse.