Kristin has more than 20 years of experience leading, creating, implementing, and evaluating educational and interpretive programs, exhibits, and materials for museums, nonprofits, nature centers and government agencies.
Prior to her current rule at the City of Vancouver's Water Resources Education Center, she oversaw the Tualatin Hills Nature Center and two recreation centers as part of the Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District in Beaverton, Ore. Kristin's previous work includes positions at the Project Exploration and the Field Museum in Chicago, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, the Kalamazoo Nature Center in Michigan.
Kristin holds a dual concentration bachelor of science degree in resource ecology management and environmental policy from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She is also trained as a Certified Interpretive Trainer with the National Association for Interpretation.
Kristin lives with her husband Kyle and their dog, Lupine, and spends her spare time hiking, biking, paddle boarding and tending to their native plant garden.