Staff Profile

Cristin O’Leary Jones
Executive Director
Cristin is a nonprofit management and philanthropic consulting professional with a passion for serving organizations promoting volunteerism and civic participation. Prior to Project Giving Kids, Cristin served in the fundraising department at Kesem, a national nonprofit supporting children impacted by their parent’s cancer, where she oversaw fundraising training and resources for 5,000+ college student volunteers raising $10M+ at 130+ chapters nationwide. Cristin also provided capacity-building services to nonprofit and philanthropic organizations through her prior work at Draper Consulting Group and as Grants Manager at Margery Tabankin & Associates. Cristin earned her M.A. and B.S. in Political Science from Northeastern University in Boston and currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband and two young children.