Kirsten Bunch

Secretary

Kirsten Bunch is Director of Development and Engagement at Criterion Ventures. There, she is leading the effort to engage a set of forward-thinking individuals to support Criterion’s market-shaping initiatives under the philosophy that it is both a responsibility and a source of pride for individuals to play a part in changing markets to create positive environmental and social change. Before joining Criterion she served as the Manager of Government and Multilateral Resource Development for the Rainforest Alliance in New York. Kirsten is committed to mission-driven work and thrives on connecting resources and opportunities. She has been developing new programs and matching resources to those programs for nearly a decade, focusing mostly on economic development projects in Latin America, North Africa and Afghanistan. She has worked as an independent consultant for a number of international organizations, managing Afghan small business partnerships and business development initiatives for women entrepreneurs. Kirsten earned a Master of Public Administration from New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and also holds a Master of Arts in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from NYU. She serves on the Board of Directors of Dining for Women and started the first New Jersey Dining for Women chapter in Weehawken, New Jersey where she lives.