KRISTEN HAWN
Partner
KRISTEN HAWN
Partner
Kristen Hawn has 25 years of experience specializing in multi-faceted public affairs and corporate communications campaigns across the country. Her experience leading communications efforts on Capitol Hill, on political campaigns and in the private sector for coalitions, non-profit organizations and Fortune 500 companies has given Kristen an intimate understanding of the importance of integrating government relations, communications and advocacy efforts in today’s political environment.
Kristen has also spent years working in the center-left space advising Democratic members of the Senate and House of Representatives, and congressional candidates through Democratic and Republican led Congresses.
Kristen is regularly quoted in national and Washington, DC publications, including NBCNews.com, CNN.com, Axios, Roll Call, The Hill and The Atlantic, among others. She is a contributor on Bloomberg TV and appears regularly on Fox News and MSNBC.
Kristen served as the communications director and a chief political advisor for the Blue Dog Coalition, serving as senior advisor and spokesperson tasked with communicating the group’s priorities to all local, national and international media. Hawn developed strategic communications campaigns around energy, budget, tax and health care priorities, including multiple budget cycles, the Affordable Care Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Kristen also served as liaison to the White House, foreign embassies, federal government agencies, the business community and key third party allies.
Prior to her work in Congress, Kristen worked for international corporate public relations firm Fleishman-Hillard, serving as the Washington, D.C. account lead for one of the firm’s largest corporate clients, SBC Communications. Kristen holds her Bachelor of Arts in Plan II Honors from the University of Texas at Austin.
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.
