Kristin St. John
Senior Manager of Coalitions and Advocacy Campaigns, McKesson
Kristin St. John brings over 18 years of experience engaging and mobilizing advocates around healthcare issues. In January 2022, Kristin joined McKesson’s Corporate Public Affairs team as their Senior Manager of Coalitions and Advocacy Campaigns. Kristin focuses on bringing the patient-advocate perspective to the table while working with the Government Relations team on various state and congressional legislation and coalitions focusing on access to healthcare and health equity.
While she was the Deputy Director of National Grassroots Advocacy for the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), Kristin was responsible for planning, implementing, and coordinating training and communications tools to expand NACHC's Grassroots Advocacy Network and increase the impact of health center advocacy.
Before NACHC, she was an engagement counselor for the All of Us initiative at the National Institutes of Health, focused on grassroots advocacy for the Arthritis Foundation and Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, and led the social media engagement for the Children's Hospital Association's Speak Now for Kids campaign.
Outside of work, Kristin spends her time making new friends at concerts around the Metro D.C. area, stressing over the Boston Red Sox, and exposing her friends' children to local events focused on the arts and culture.