Cristina focuses on US policy at Breakthrough Energy, an impact platform founded by Bill Gates committed to scaling next-generation clean technologies via investment vehicles, philanthropic programs, and policy advocacy. Cristina leads the U.S. policy team's private sector engagement and supports strategy development to advance the team's efforts towards an ambitious U.S. policy agenda that encourages innovation and accelerates the deployment of clean technologies.
Cristina joined Breakthrough Energy in January 2021 from the United States Senate, where she served as policy advisor to U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow and Senate Democratic Leadership. There, she supported Senator Stabenow's energy and environmental policy agenda and responsibilities as chair of the Democratic Policy & Communications Committee.
Before serving in the Senate, Cristina was Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs in the White House Council on Environmental Quality under President Obama, where she helped advance the President's mission to preserve and restore U.S. natural resources and critical ecosystems.
Cristina received her B.S. with honors from the University of Michigan in Earth & Environmental Science and Spanish. She lives in New York City.
