Kristi Nilson has enjoyed a career in pension investment consulting at Frank Russell Company (now Russell Investments) and as a longtime Trustee for a private client in New Mexico. While raising three incredible children, she volunteered extensively at Tilden School and University Prep, served on the board of Northwest Children’s Fund for 15 years and supported her husband, Pat, with his Seattle post-production company for 20 years.

In addition to gardening and traveling, she enjoys entertaining at their West Seattle home and at a very funky beach cabin in Kingston, Washington. She is a graduate of Scripps College with a degree in Economics.