First elected to the Commission in November 2010, Kristin is serving her second term as a Leon County Commissioner representing District 5. In 2013, she was selected by her fellow Commissioners to serve as Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners for 2013-14.

Prior to her election, Kristin spent eleven years at Mad Dog Construction holding numerous positions including Green Building Advisor and Vice President.

Kristin holds an Associate’s degree from Tallahassee Community College, a Bachelor’s degree in Religion and a Master’s degree in Religious Ethics and Philosophy, both from Florida State University (FSU). She completed coursework in a Ph.D. program focused on Comparative Religious Ethics, Catholic Moral Theology, and Human Rights Ethics. For three and a half years, she also taught an undergraduate course in Religious Ethics at FSU.

In her role, Kristin is often invited to speak to various community and student groups including:

Commencement Speaker, SAIL High School Class of 2017 (May 2017)
Guest Civics Instructor, School of Arts and Sciences (April 2017)
Speaker, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s Open World Program (February 2015)
Speaker, FSU Religion Department Students (April 2014)
Keynote Speaker, SAIL High School Women’s History Month Celebration (March 2014)
Keynote Speaker, Tallahassee Active Lifelong Learning Senior Leadership Program (March 2014)

Honors and Distinctions:
Founding President of Sustainable Tallahassee
Leadership Tallahassee, Class 27
LEED Accredited Professional by the US Green Building Council
2008 Nominee for Leader of the Year, awarded by Leadership Tallahassee
U.S. Army War College National Security Seminar, Class of 2012
2014 Inauguration Committee for FAMU President Elmira Mangum
2014 Woman of Distinction, awarded by the Girl Scouts of America
2015 Americas Competitiveness Exchange (ACE) on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
2015 Honorary Chair, Relay for Life North Leon
2017 Presidential Advocate, awarded by the Florida Association of Counties

Leon County Boards/Committees:

Apalachee Regional Planning Council (current member)
Big Bend Continuum of Care Board (current member and Past Chair)
Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency (current member)
Canvassing Board (former member)
Community Redevelopment Agency (current member)
Council of Culture and Arts (former member)
Downtown Business and Merchants Association (former member)
Enterprise Zone Development Agency (former member and Past Chair)
Economic Development Council (former member)
Florida Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council (former alternate member)
Florida Regional Councils Association Policy Board (current member)
Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce (former member)
Human Service Grants Review Committee Joint Planning Board (former member)
JR Alford Greenway Management Plan Committee (former member)
Leon County Research & Development Authority Board of Governors (current member and Past Chair)
Miccosukee Canopy Greenways Committee (former member)
St. Marks River Preserve State Park Management Plan Advisory Group (former member)
Value Adjustment Board (former member)

Florida Association of Counties Boards/Committees:

Florida Counties Foundation Board of Directors (current member)
Growth, Environmental Planning and Agriculture Committee (former member)
Residential Construction Mitigation Program Advisory Council (former member)

National Association of Counties (NACo) Committees/Task Forces:

International Economic Development Task Force (current member)
Community, Economic and Workforce Development Steering Committee (current Vice Chair of Workforce Subcommittee)

County Parks

• Apalachee Regional Park
• Daniel B. Chaires Community Park
• Pedrick Pond

Community Centers

• Dorothy C. Spence Community Center

County Greenways

• J.R. Alford Greenway
• Miccosukee Canopy Road Greenway
• Governor’s Park

City Parks

• Cascades Park (Blueprint 2000 Project)
• Old Fort Park (map)
• Chapman Pond Park(map)
• Myers Park (map) & Wade Wehunt Pool
• Optimist Park (map)
• Tom Brown Park
• Lafayette Heritage Trail Park (Piney Z)
• Winthrop Park (map)
• Ninth and Terrace Park (map)
• Fred. O. Drake, Jr. at Lake Ella (map)
• Los Robles Park(map)
• Lafayette Park and Sue Herndon McCollum Community Center (map)

Libraries

• For all library locations and hours
• Eastside Branch Library

County/City Bike Trails

• Bike Tallahassee website

The District 5 Newsletter

• July 2017
  June 2017
  May 2017
  April 2017
  March 2017
• Blueprint 2000 Projects Update - February 2017
  February 2017
  January 2017
• Impact & Progress Report - December 2016
• December 2016
  November 2016
  October 2016
• Hurricane Hermine Feedback Sessions/September 2016
• September 2016
• Post-Hurricane Hermine Update #2
• Post-Hurricane Hermine Update #1
• Tropical Storm Hermine Update
• July 2016
• May 2016
• April 2016
  March 2016
  February 2016 Economic Development MyView
  February 2016
  January 2016
  December 2015
  October 2015
• September 2015
• August 2015
• July 2015
• June 2015
• May 2015
• March 2015
• December 2014
• October 2014
• September 2014
• July 2014
• June 2014
• May 2014
• March-April 2014
• February 2014
• January 2014
• December 2013