Kristen leads the Immunization Initiatives & Multilateral Partnerships team as a managing director at GHV. Within her portfolio, she supports partners including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and Wellcome, among others, to reach their strategic objectives in program implementation, policy change, agenda setting, and resource mobilization.

Kristen has worked in global health and health equity for the past 20 years. She specializes in developing and implementing policy change efforts, particularly through coalition building and partner coordination. She is keenly interested in the intersection between the environment and human health and currently works in areas including enteric and diarrheal diseases, environmental surveillance, and water, sanitation and hygiene.

Prior to joining GHV, she worked as director for the City University of New York's Institute for Health Equity, developing a multi-year research initiative to better understand social determinants of health and environmental causes of persistently high infant mortality in the South Bronx.

Kristen holds an MPH from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, an MPA from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and a BA in political science from Haverford College.

Kristen enjoys traveling with her partner and two children and playing in her local soccer league.

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Areas of Expertise:

• Strategic planning

• Coalition building

• Multilateral organizations

• Immunization and child health

• Infectious and outbreak-prone diseases