Kim Nesbitt is currently a Government Project Officer with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. At SAMHSA, Nesbitt is responsible for development of Funding Opportunity Announcements, oversees several discretionary grant programs and serves as Contract Officer Representative. She provides program expertise and guidance on public health programs in the field of substance abuse prevention. She previously worked as a Program Analyst with the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services, Division of State Assistance, where she provided oversight and management of the Social Service Block Grant Hurricane Sandy program. She is a former Health Specialist at the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, where she conducted portfolio analysis of programs and coordinated many facets of the extramural research office grant programs. Nesbitt has over 15 years of experience in the public health sector with expertise in research study coordination, grant monitoring and program development. She holds a master's degree in community health education from Adelphi University, a bachelor's degree in psychology from the State University of New York, and an associate’s degree in nursing from Howard Community College.