Kristine Kippins joined ACS in March 2008 and currently serves as the Director of External Affairs. In this capacity, she acts as ACS’s primary liaison to Capitol Hill, the Administration and coalition partners. Prior to joining the Public Education and Outreach team in 2010, she first worked as Assistant Director for Lawyer Chapters and then Associate Director of Outreach.
Before joining ACS, Kristine practiced transactional commercial real estate at Lowndes Drosdick, Doster Kantor & Reed, P.A. in Orlando, Florida, for one year before transitioning to a career in politics. Kristine worked as a campaign staffer on various local campaigns throughout the country before joining Sen. Clinton’s presidential bid in Iowa from May 2007 to January 2008.
Kristine graduated from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in economics and from the William and Mary School of Law with a J.D.