Advisor Relations Officer
Pronouns: she/her
Kirsten Swanson supports the foundation’s efforts to engage professional advisors and their clients to create meaningful, impactful philanthropy that benefits our community. Joining the foundation in late 2022 from Alaska, Kirsten brings nearly a decade of nonprofit development expertise, working with individual and corporate giving. As a passionate and published philanthropist, she helps run her family’s private foundation in Alaska. Recently, Kirsten completed her Master’s in Nonprofit Management from Columbia University and holds a BA in Marketing and Management from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Kirsten and her partner Kevin, an Airman at Buckley SFB, live in the new Aurora Highlands with their daughter Addilynn and senior black lab, Brody.