Kristyn is the President of Verde Impact LLC, an ESG consulting and advisory firm. She is an accomplished climate, sustainability, social impact and ESG leader and go-to speaker, with more than 25 years in the field including leadership in global corporations, charitable organizations and the White House.

She is the ESG & Sustainability Advisor to the award-winning television show, Advancements with Ted Danson, now in its 13th season of sharing impactful stories on technological innovation and global solutions that are transforming our world. As a keen storyteller in the ESG space, Kristyn has also been a featured speaker on CSPAN and Bloomberg, quoted in the press on climate change, board diversity, the clean energy transition and the SEC climate disclosure rule, and has authored pertinent publications in the field.  

Kristyn’s current portfolio includes serving as an advisor and a consultant guiding orgs, companies and their boards, including a climate tech company that has been nominated for The Earthshot Prize. She also functions as a fractional Chief Sustainability Officer and works with companies in all growth stages – from start-ups in climate tech and renewables to large cap and publicly traded companies. Selected experience highlights and offerings can be found on under Advisory & Consulting.

Since beginning her career as a Presidential Management Fellow posted at the U.S. Department of State and the White House Task Force on Global Change working on the Kyoto Protocol in the 1990s, Kristyn has subsequently been engaged in the primary state, federal and international public policy and regulatory initiatives on climate, GHG and renewables. She previously held in-house executive roles, including Chief Counsel (Sustainability), Head of Government Relations, Chief Compliance Officer (Corporate Foundations) and Director of Corporate Social Responsibility at Nestlé, USAA and other market-leading companies.

Instrumental in capacity building and good governance for charitable organizations, her representation has included private foundations and public charities. Kristyn was the General Counsel to Voss Foundation, and the Chief Compliance Officer for The USAA Foundation and for The USAA Educational Foundation. She served on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer’s Association, Voss Foundation, CITYarts and MAG America, as well as on committees for UVA’s Athletic Foundation and the NYC Bar Association.

Kristyn’s focus on sustainability began 30 years ago with undergraduate and graduate work in the then-burgeoning space and with NNEMS Fellowships at U.S. EPA. Her Master’s thesis is entitled, “Applying Market Mechanisms to Address Social and Environmental Cost” and she developed the inaugural “Greening the Grounds: A Campus Sustainability Plan for the University of Virginia” as an independent study. 

Active and invested in advancing women in leadership, Kristyn is a member of Chief, Ellevate and the Female Founder Collective.

Her extensive pro bono work has included the New York Police & Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund following 9/11, for which she received recognition by the NYC Fire Commissioner, NYC Law Department and Federal Bar Council.

Kristyn holds a Juris Doctor from Georgetown Law, where she was on Law Review and Moot Court, and Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Urban & Environmental Planning and Public Policy from the University of Virginia, where she was a student-athlete. Kristyn also holds a Wellness Counseling Certificate from Cornell University.