
Communications Professional | Campaign Strategist
Krissi Jimroglou is a seasoned communications professional and strategic organizer with a twenty-year track record of winning progressive campaigns. She is currently the Communications Director for the UAW. Previously, she served as Associate Director for Working America and oversaw the organization's media outreach and digital communications efforts. At United Way Worldwide, she was the director of impact strategies and national partnerships. In that role, she led a team charged with accelerating the impact of the U.S. network in the areas of education, family financial stability and health. As a communications director for The Pew Charitable Trusts, she oversaw and implemented comprehensive national communications plans for several highly successful campaigns, including Pre-K Now and the Public Safety Performance Project. She provided strategic guidance and communications management for the public safety team's intensive technical assistance to states and its national research portfolio. She directed communications for Pew's Pre-K Now campaign, including the successful promotion of Pre-K Now research during NBC’s Education Nation 2011 programming. As an SEIU communications coordinator and trainer, she supported campaigns to organize more than 100,000 workers into the union and led strategic communications planning and implementation efforts on a number of political campaigns. In 2008, she directed the communications operation on a statewide ballot initiative in Missouri to create a Quality Home Care Council, including managing a $2 million PR budget, crafting all public and online communications, coordinating all media outreach, and running ongoing opinion polling. Among her colleagues, Krissi has a reputation for getting the job done and bringing a healthy sense of humor to the work. Krissi holds a Master’s degree from Georgetown University’s Communications, Culture, and Technology program and is a graduate of Monmouth College.
unitedway.org
workingamerica.org
seiu.org
pewtrusts.org
New York City Metropolitan Area
Director of Communications
International Union, UAW
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• Full-time
Sep 2024 - Present
Assistant Director of Communications
International Union, UAW
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• Full-time
Apr 2024 - Sep 2024
Senior Executive Vice President
617MediaGroup
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• Full-time
Mar 2021 - Mar 2024
Associate Director
Working America
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Jan 2018 - Mar 2021
Communications Director
Working America
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Jan 2015 - Jan 2018
Washington, DC
Director, Impact Strategies and National Partnerships
United Way Worldwide
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Aug 2013 - Jan 2015
Alexandria, VA
Virtual Training Institute trainer
HandsNet
Jul 1998 - Aug 2000