Kristen joins The Context Network with more than 15 years of innovation, strategy, brand marketing and operations experience across multiple industries. Kristen is an experienced agricultural and resource economist adept at conducting complex research analyses, translating insights into tactical and strategic recommendations.

She spent 7+ years working with commercial farmers, irrigation districts and agencies in California to achieve water quality and environmental standards where her primary research focused on developing an integrated economic-engineering mathematical programming model of California’s water supply scenarios under various environmental and natural resource policies. Kristen brings an entrepreneurial spirit and passion for identifying impactful solutions within agriculture with a focus on increasing productivity and environmental sustainability.