Cristina Uribe is a veteran political strategist, manager and organizer. She is the founder and principal of Next Rung Strategies, a political consulting firm that provides strategic counsel to campaigns, major donors, PACs, unions, foundations and issue-advocacy groups.
Prior to forming Next Rung Strategies, Cristina served as the Western Regional Director of EMILY's List, where she directed the organization's political efforts in eleven western states. Prior to joining EMILY's List in 2004, Cristina served as a consultant at Kaufman Campaign Consultants where she managed several legislative and issue campaigns. Cristina also served as political director for the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council in San Jose. The driving force behind the South Bay Labor Council's political program from 1998 to 2002, Cristina helped the Council achieve a string of electoral and legislative successes. An organizer by nature, Cristina got an early lesson in the art as part of the AFL-CIO Organizing Institute, organizing low-wage hotel workers in the greater New Orleans area.
When not traveling, Cristina can be found in Noe Valley walking Ruby - her adopted lab-shep mix.