Kristin Watkins

Vice President, Donor Engagement, and Chief Marketing Officer

As vice president for donor engagement and chief marketing officer at the OSU Foundation, Ms. Watkins leads communications and marketing, donor stewardship, annual giving programs and legislative advocacy for the Foundation, as well as the OSUF’s engagement and fundraising strategy for the Portland region. Before joining the OSU Foundation in 2014, she served as executive officer of the Portland Community College Foundation and associate vice president of college advancement at PCC, leading private philanthropy, strategic communications and government and community relations for Oregon’s largest post-secondary education institution.

She is a former member of the CASE District VIII Board of Directors, past board president of Portland social service agency Neighborhood House and currently serves on the boards of the Portland Metro Chamber and Portland Pioneer Square. She graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in international studies from Virginia Tech and earned a master’s degree in public affairs from the University of Minnesota. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Adult and Higher Education at Oregon State.