Kristen Batten
Director, Advisory Team Operations
Kristen oversees the Advisory team’s strategic priorities, planning, and systems to grow its capabilities, increase its efficiency, and support collaboration across the organization. Her work ensures that the team is equipped to help families navigate their philanthropic priorities and make transformative gifts to high-impact climate solutions. Kristen has more than two decades of experience working in the environmental nonprofit space and is dedicated to protecting a thriving planet for future generations.
Before joining Climate Lead, Kristen held leadership roles at The Nature Conservancy and the Northern Sierra Partnership where she focused on building donor relations and campaign teams that could scale within rapidly growing organizations. In her most recent role at Earthjustice, she established a centralized engagement program that curated meaningful experiences and communications for individual donors and institutions. Kristen holds a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of British Columbia.
