Kristen Kuipers has over 20 years of marketing experience in the private and public sectors. Before moving to Delaware, she spent more than 18 years living and working in Philadelphia where she last served as community relations manager for ARAMARK’s public affairs team, leading their community involvement strategy for corporate social responsibility and managing national nonprofit partnerships.

Kristen developed her passion and experience in Community Relations and Communications while serving as Marketing Manager for KPMG, LLP where she managed multi-level relationships with Fortune 500 companies to support their community programs and business development initiatives, and while serving as Vice President of the Board for The Career Wardrobe, a Philadelphia-based social enterprise that uses clothing and professional development to empower unemployed individuals to work. She started her career in Human Resources with PNC as an Employment Specialist managing staff and employee relations for their entire bank operations.

In 2015, she was selected as one of the Delaware Business Time’s 40 Under 40 and is a graduate of the Class of 2014 for Leadership Delaware where she served as their Director of Development and Communications for nearly 2 years. In April 2017, Kristen began her role as the Director of Communications for State Treasurer Ken Simpler and also served as Finance Director on his re-election campaign for 2018.

Kristen is a member of the Preliminary Review Committee of the Delaware Supreme Court, and current board member of the Fund for Women where she also chairs the New Castle County Development Committee. She is also past chair of Next Gen North of the Delaware Community Foundation, and former board member of the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation and Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids. Originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania, she is a graduate of the Temple University Fox School of Business with a dual degree in marketing and human resources.