Kriston McIntosh

Kriston Alford McIntosh is the managing director of The Hamilton Project. Immediately prior to joining The Hamilton Project, McIntosh served as a senior vice president in the Washington, D.C. office of Edelman Public Relations, where she managed the Edelman Alliances practice.  

McIntosh previously served as the staff director of a U.S. Senate Democratic Leadership Committee and as a senior policy advisor to Congressman John Lewis (D-GA). Earlier in her career, McIntosh held positions at the United Nations Foundation and in the Office of Congressman John Conyers (D-MI).  

McIntosh has served as an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University’s Master of Professional Studies in Public Relations and Corporate Communications program. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.