Profile

Kristina works with clients on a wide array of legal issues in our litigation department. Kristina’s work in civil litigation includes commercial/business litigation, contract, personal injury, products liability, and property damage in both state and federal courts. 

Prior to joining Bond, Kristina was the Vice President of Government Affairs at the Food Industry Alliance of New York. In this role, Kristina worked with coalition partners to further the organization’s policy agenda and lobbied for priority policy issues. Kristina was also previously employed as the Government Affairs Manager at a large supermarket corporation where she handled the Northeast’s implementation of government affairs and lobbied for local, state and federal government on policy issues. Prior to working with the food industry, Kristina was the Director of Public Policy and Government Relations at the American Lung Association of the Northeast. There, Kristina designed and delivered campaign strategies for use at the local, state, and national level. Kristina successfully lobbied on multiple major campaign issues across the nation. Kristina was also an Excelsior Service Fellow for the New York State Executive Chamber Lean Program where she was the liaison to 12 state agencies.

In 2016, Kristina was a recipient of City and State’s 40 under 40 award which recognizes promising talent across New York State. She was also the recipient of the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy Young Alumna award which recognizes a graduate of the past 15 years whose  early career achievements and civic life  demonstrate great promise and accomplishment beyond the norm expected in his or her field.

Kristina is originally from Ireland and came to the United States on a prestigious scholarship in 2012.

  • Tom Whalen Scholarship, NYS Assembly Internship, 2012
  • Presidential Honor Society and Political Honor Society (Pi Sigma Alpha)
  • International Center of the Capital Region (ICCR) scholarship to attend Student Conference on US Affairs at West Point Military Academy, 2013
  • Valedictorian of Rockefeller’s graduating class of 2014
  • NYS Lean Certified Empire Belt (Lean/Six Sigma) 2015
  • Recipient of City and State’s “40 under 40 Rising Stars” award 2016
  • Advocacy Excellence Award 2017, American Lung Association
  • Young Alumna in Political Science 2019, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
  • Presidential Scholarship Recipient (full academic scholarship), Albany Law School 2021-2024
  • Selma Mintz Memorial Prize, Albany Law School 2024
  • Justinian Honors Society, 2024
  • Boys and Girls Club of the Capital Region, Volunteer, 2015- Current