As Principal for Strategic Partnerships, Kristine turns relationships across government, academia, and industry into concrete, high‑impact initiatives that drive cross‑sector collaboration. She connects cutting‑edge university research with the needs of innovation clusters and aligns both with public‑private funding pathways to spark durable, high‑value partnerships that scale.

Sheis a senior operations executive, institutional strategist, and global development expert with over two decades of experience leading complex, enterprise-wide transformations across higher education and the financial services sectors. Known for her ability to navigate highly regulated, multi-stakeholder environments, she specializes in cross-functional structural reorganizations, workforce optimization, large-scale technological integrations, and proactive risk mitigation. Throughout her career, she has consistently bridge-built between high-level institutional policy and rigorous operational execution, transforming fragmented systems into agile, modernized organizational structures.

As Associate Vice President of HR Operations at The New School, Kristine directed human resources strategy and institutional governance through major structural transitions. She architected a comprehensive workforce planning model to support a complex two-college institutional pivot. Her tenure was defined by navigating high-stakes challenges and critical contingency planning for legislative changes.

Prior to this, Kristine drove large-scale operational modernization across higher education and corporate financial services. Within the University of Maine System, she centralized enterprise operations across seven distinct universities, leveraging advanced ERP architectures to slash data errors and achieve optimal service satisfaction ratings. This track record of complex system integration is built on a strong corporate foundation at TD Bank and Fidelity Investments, where she served as Assistant Vice President, managed multi-million dollar portfolios, and led project teams through major mergers, acquisitions, and a $21 billion asset implementation.

Complementing her operational portfolio, Kristine brings a sophisticated academic perspective to global strategy. For five years, she served as an Adjunct Graduate Faculty member within the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Bridgeport, teaching advanced coursework in International Conflict and Negotiation, Issues in Economic Development, and Political and Economic Integration. A contributor to the field of global development, her research on transboundary water conflicts has been published in the Journal of Global Development and Peace. Kristine’s broader scholarly portfolio includes research presented at major regional conferences, focusing on maritime security risk mitigation, and port infrastructure. She holds an MA in Global Development and Peace, an MS in Higher Education Leadership, and a BA in Liberal Studies.  She is dually credentialed as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Senior Certified Professional in Human Resources (SHRM-SCP), positioning her uniquely to advise clients on navigating the intersections of macro-policy, human capital strategy, and global risk.