KRISTEN HAWN
Partner
KRISTEN HAWN
Partner
Kristen grew up in a family of staunch Texas Democrats, fueling aspirations for a career in Washington that began immediately after her college graduation.
She got into public affairs and strategic communications at global corporate public relations firm Fleishman-Hillard, leading the company’s efforts in Washington, D.C. for SBC Communications, managing all facets of communications as it merged with AT&T.
Next, it was off to Capitol Hill as communications director and chief political advisor to the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of over 50 moderate House Democrats. While there, she developed communications campaigns around energy, budget, tax and healthcare priorities, the Affordable Care Act, Dodd-Frank, TARP and other issues. As spokesperson, she communicated the coalition’s priorities to the media and served as liaison to the White House, the business community and key third-party allies.
Kristen joined ROKK Solutions as a partner in 2020. She specializes in multi-faceted public affairs and corporate communications campaigns, helping our clients integrate government relations, communications and advocacy efforts to achieve their objectives.
If she looks and sounds familiar, it’s because she’s a regular contributor on Fox News, Bloomberg and MSNBC, and is regularly quoted in Washington and national publications including NBCNews.com, CNN.com, Axios, The Hill, The Atlantic, Roll Call, POLITICO and others. Her keen understanding of the political landscape going into the 117th Congress led Bloomberg News to write that Kristen “knows the centrist Democratic movement better than anyone.”
WHY KRISTEN BELONGS IN THE ROOM
She takes nothing for granted.
Kristen is especially effective in situations that require quick thinking and leave little room for error. Like elections in highly contested, hard-to-hold districts, which she’s helped many House Democrats win.
She’s a master of internal communications.
Ask her about her time as communications director for the Blue Dog Coalition or managing communications efforts for broad coalitions across multiple industries.
She knows how to manage a crisis.
Kristen has significant experience helping corporations successfully manage highly fluid situations that require quick thinking, serious strategic chops and precise execution. Let her tell you about how she helped a large healthcare provider manage through the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
GOOD TO KNOW
Austin, Texas
University of Texas Longhorns (Hook ‘em!)
Ann Richards
Now a regular political commentator on national television, Kristen’s first TV appearance was on ESPN as a competitor in the National Cheerleading Championships.
