Kristi is the director of Galter Health Sciences Library and Learning Center and professor of Preventive Medicine in the division of Health and Biomedical Informatics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. She serves on the leadership team of the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS), where she directs evaluation and continuous improvement for the institute and several other programs and centers. She also serves as the Chief of Knowledge Management in Northwestern’s Institute for Augmented Intelligence in Medicine and directs the NNLM National Evaluation Center. Her work focuses on the discovery and equitable access to knowledge through collaborative computational and social initiatives, including the role of repositories to enable FAIR data practices and a vibrant sharing ecosystem. She brings extensive experience with highly cooperative technical information projects on the local, national, and international level.