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Kris grew up fishing and camping with her family and was a certified Wilderness First Responder who led camping trips for girls. She still believes food tastes better when eaten in the great outdoors.
CHRO
Ames, IA
Kris is a human resources executive who believes taking care of people and taking care of the business are the same thing. As CHRO at Lullabot, she leads the administrative, financial, and human resources functions that keep a fully remote, distributed company running and thriving. Her work spans developing compensation strategy (including a fair-pay process she's particularly proud of), performance management, benefits, payroll, and compliance across multiple countries and states for both employees and independent contractors. She's committed to fostering a culture of transparency and candid feedback because real professional growth requires honest conversations, even the hard ones.
With more than a decade in HR and 20+ years of leadership experience, Kris brings a rare blend of operational depth and genuine people-first thinking to the C-suite. She holds a bachelor's degree in theology from Creighton University, which turns out to be excellent preparation for asking hard questions and sitting with uncertainty, along with certificates in bookkeeping and human resources management.
In her free time, Kris likes to hike, camp, bake, read, and sit around a campfire eating good food and sharing good conversations with friends. She loves all the seasons in the Midwest and is grateful that her husband makes her laugh every day.
Kris grew up fishing and camping with her family and was a certified Wilderness First Responder who led camping trips for girls. She still believes food tastes better when eaten in the great outdoors.