Kristen Smith

Kristen Smith  is the Executive Director of the Planet Dog Foundation (2004-present), and serves as the Brand Ambassador and Executive Team Member for Planet Dog (2010-present). Kristen was raised in Waterville, ME. She graduated Cum Laude from Hamilton College in Clinton, NY after majoring in Anthropology and Comparative Literature. She earned a Master’s Degree in Latin American Studies from the University of Wisconsin and subsequently lived for 3 years in Central America, where she became fluent in Spanish.

Kristen has worked in a variety of non-profit organizations both in the United States and abroad doing development and fundraising, legislative activism, grassroots mobilization and education, communications and public relations. She moved back to Maine after her many travels away in 2004 when she began her tenure with Planet Dog. She is a Board Member for the Portland Buy Local Campaign. Kristen is the happy companion to her rescued terrier mix, Roxie, and she lives in Portland.