Kristina Abernathy

Kristina Abernathy Chief development officer, Neighborhood Resilience Project

Kristina N. Abernathy is the chief development officer of the Neighborhood Resilience Project. In this role, she leads the organization in all fundraising efforts across all fundraising domains — private donors, events, corporate sponsors, organizational donors, grants and social enterprise. The organization has a budget of more than $1 million. In 2020, the Neighborhood Resilience Project re-branded from FOCUS Pittsburgh. Kristina served as the clinic administrator at FOCUS Pittsburgh through the FOCUS Pittsburgh Free Health Center (FPFHC) from the inception of the clinic in 2014. Under her leadership in this role, the FPFHC opened to see the first patients and expanded to include primary, OBGYN, psychiatric, counseling and dental care. Prior to serving at the FOCUS Pittsburgh Free Health Center, she worked at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh for almost five years as a development intern and then as a development associate. In this role, Kristina organized, planned,and implemented all social media efforts and special events for the organization.

Education

• B.S. chemical engineering, University of Pittsburgh
• M.S. community leadership, Duquesne University