Cristina is a Senior Vice President on the Public Affairs team.

Cristina specializes in integrated communications programs for corporate, nonprofit and government clients with a specialty in health care. She has experience leading partnership development, corporate reputation, executive visibility, thought leadership, public health and healthcare public affairs programs for pharmaceutical companies, foundations, advocacy groups, associations, payers and hospitals and health systems.

On behalf of clients, she oversees national public affairs campaigns that advance specific policy, advocacy and stakeholder goals. Her work in environment shaping currently addresses therapeutic innovations in pain management, opioid use disorder and overdose reversal.

Cristina has experience overseeing media relations programs for a leading vaccine manufacturer during the COVID-19 epidemic. She also led executive visibility and corporate reputation communications for Biogen neuroscience, Lilly’s Alzheimer’s Disease and oncology business units as well as Novartis’s generics and biosimilars manufacturer, Sandoz. Her public health and payer experience is diverse and ranges from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention national campaigns to developing signature community health programs for Kaiser Permanente.

Cristina holds a Master of Arts in management with a concentration in marketing from Wake Forest University and a Bachelor of Arts in environmental studies and international relations from the College of William and Mary. She lives in Capitol Hill with her husband and two daughters and loves hiking and biking the trails of the DMV.