Kristin is the Executive Director/CEO and Co-Founder of MomsRising and Board President of the MomsRising Education Fund. She has been involved in public policy and grassroots engagement for more than two decades and has received numerous accolades for her work. She is also an award-winning author of books and articles, frequent public speaker, media contributor, and host of the radio program “Breaking Through (Powered by MomsRising).” Kristin is also a former political director, policy analyst, and political strategy consultant for non-profit organizations and foundations.

Best advice from your mom?  

“Sometimes in life you have to climb to the top of high dives and jump--even if it's scary, and even if it means that you might do a very public and somewhat painful belly flop--you'll always be able to swim to the surface to try again. Never regret trying.”