Vice President for Finance and Administration
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kbalash [at] mwa.org
Kristen is the vice president for finance and administration. She stewards and protects the Society’s finances and oversees the human resources, IT and buildings & grounds departments. She has previously held accounting and business operations positions in a variety of nonprofit organizations as well as the State Library of Massachusetts. Kristen has a MBA in public & nonprofit management from the Boston University Questrom School of Business and a BA in American politics and African & Afro-American studies from the University of Virginia.