Building a Strong Professional Foundation

Hannah Schilling co-founded the group, On the Front Lines Community Alliance in 2019 with the vision of building a fast recovery and resilience network of organizations and professionals, facilitated by a common vision & healthy partnerships, centered on creating and maintaining a recovery-oriented system of care around mental health and substance use disordersGuided by her lived experience in substance use and mental health recovery, Hannah Schilling combines extensive clinical credentials with hands-on advocacy to lead countywide harm-reduction programs as Community Outreach Coordinator at Hamilton County Public Health—designing trainings, expanding naloxone and testing-strip access, and partnering with first responders and community groups to turn evidence into action. She chairs the People with Lived Expertise Workgroup through Strategies to End Homelessness and is an active member of the National Peer Recovery Alliance, bringing frontline perspective to policy discussions. Hannah serves on panels including Deflection ECHO and the Alcohol Use Disorders in Primary Care Advisory Council, helping bridge gaps between law enforcement, clinicians, and community-based supports. She is passionate about dismantling stigma, centering lived experience in program design, and creating practical, accessible pathways to lasting wellness for people and families affected by substance use. Known for a collaborative, solutions-driven approach, Hannah builds partnerships that translate compassion and lived expertise into measurable community impact.