As a senior member of the firm’s Education & Social Impact Practice, Kristine leads the practice on the West Coast while serving clients globally. As an industry leader in nonprofit board and executive transition management, Kristine has built a reputation for providing trusted advice and guidance to clients across all education, nonprofit and government sectors and executive functional areas.

Expertise

  • CEO search and succession
  • Board director recruitment
  • Leadership development
  • Higher education
  • Nonprofits
  • Foundations
  • Corporate governance
  • Diversity and inclusion
  • Arts and culture
  • NGOs
  • Social impact investing

 

Recent work

  • Advising academic and nonprofit institutions and their boards on leadership transitions
  • Leading CEO succession planning and leadership development strategies for major nonprofit organizations, including The Academy of Motion Pictures, World Vision International and the Broad Stage
  • Working with foundations and other nonprofits to recruit and assess functional leaders, including communications, finance, HR and other executives at institutions such as The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Ford Foundation and UCLA
  • Guiding nonprofit boards on governance best practices in all areas, including diversity, equity and inclusion

Previous Experience

  • Director of executive and professional recruitment at the Walt Disney Company
  • Director of executive talent acquisition at leading management consulting firms Accenture and PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting

Education

  • B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles

Practice Areas