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Kristina Scott, Executive Director kscott@alabamapoverty.org

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Kristina Scott is the Alabama Poverty Project’s executive director. A seasoned coalition builder and attorney, Kristina brings a unique mix of communications and analytical skills to APP.

Before joining APP in August 2008, Kristina served as the Managing Attorney for External Affairs at the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office. Her accomplishments there included partnering with children’s health professionals and housing advocates to fight childhood lead poisoning. Kristina’s efforts resulted in the nation’s first criminal charges brought against property owners for exposing children to dangerous levels of lead. In addition, she launched the Freedom of Information Unit to improve public access to government records and spearheaded a multi-agency effort to expand elder abuse prosecutions that resulted in a 100 percent increase in cases filed.

Kristina has also designed communications and voter contact strategies for candidates and ballot initiative campaigns across the country. She was a senior strategist for The Strategy Group and served as a top staffer on Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo’s campaign. In 2001, Delgadillo became the first Latino elected to citywide office in Los Angeles in 125 years in an upset, come-from-behind victory made possible by a unique coalition of Latino, African American and conservative voters.

During the 2000 election cycle, Kristina ran statewide communications operations as the Communications Director for the California Democratic Party’s Coordinated Campaign. Kristina also worked in press and field for the Gore campaign in California, Illinois and Iowa during the primary and caucus season.

Kristina earned her bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Florida, where she was a member of Florida Blue Key, and her juris doctor with distinction from Emory University. She is a member of the California, Georgia and New York Bars.

Kristina serves on the board of directors of Catalyst for Birmingham and the Alabama Moving Picture Association. She lives in Homewood.

Hannah Selles hselles@alabamapoverty.org

Hannah is an AmeriCorps*VISTA with the Alabama Poverty Project. She coordinates the Blueprints College Access initiative and partners with our Higher Education Alliance on continuing education and our Lifetime of Learning conference. She graduated from Calvin College in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in Art History. Hannah grew up in Beijing, China and currently lives in Shelby County.

 

T.C. McLemore tmclemore@alabamapoverty.org

T.C. is an AmeriCorps*VISTA with the Alabama Poverty Project. He coordinates work on hunger and food security with our Higher Education Alliance and other community partners. He was the first graduate of the UAB’s Global and Community Leadership Honors program in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. T.C. hails from Fort Payne, Alabama and lives in Birmingham.

Thank you to the talented David Smith of dsmithimages.com for providing staff photos.