C.J. Eisenbarth Hager serves as Vice President for Grants at Episcopal Health Foundation, where she leads the Grants Division and oversees the strategy, design, and implementation of grantmaking. In this role, she works closely across teams and with community partners to ensure investments advance health equity, strengthen systems of care, and respond to emerging needs across Texas.

Her three-decade career has centered on building more equitable communities through policy and systems change that address the social determinants of health. She has worked at the national, state, and local levels in roles that include equity advocate, lobbyist, policy analyst, researcher, and coalition builder.

Prior to Episcopal Health Foundation, C.J. was the founding director of Vitalyst Health Foundation’s Healthy Communities portfolio, advancing work in the built environment, food systems, housing, transportation, and heat resiliency. She led Reinvent PHX, a collaborative effort that produced neighborhood-focused plans grounded in resident engagement and health equity, and helped lead a coalition that secured passage of a Complete Streets ordinance in Phoenix. She is also a founding member of the Maricopa County Food System Coalition.

Earlier in her career, C.J. served as a Senior Policy Analyst at Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy and as Director of Government Relations for NeighborWorks America. She also held roles with the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency and consulted with Rapoza Associates.

She is a proud alum of The Funders Network’s PLACES Fellowship, a national program focused on equitable, place-based strategies to advance health and community well-being. C.J. holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Marquette University and a master’s degree in Community and Regional Planning from Kansas State University.