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Kristin Schneeman

Kristin Schneeman joined FasterCures in April 2005 as program director, with primary responsibility for its innovation portfolio of projects and activities, focused on best practices in the funding and conduct of medical research and innovative collaborations among players in the research enterprise. She brings to FasterCures 20 years' experience in public policy, politics, academia, and the media.

Kristin served for three years as a senior adviser and policy director to a gubernatorial candidate in Massachusetts, as a policy aide to a U.S. Congressman, and for four years as the front-line manager and chief-of-staff for a senior adviser to Vice President Al Gore. At Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government she directed a research project – the top priority of the dean of the school – on future challenges facing governments, and at Harvard Business School she worked with a noted professor who specializes in analyzing and advising on complex negotiations in business, politics, and international relations. Kristin began her career as a producer of documentary films on political and social issues, for which she was the recipient of an Emmy Award in 1990.