Kristina Wilfore is a seasoned international development and elections specialist who has been on the ground in over 25 countries working to create more inclusive and responsive democratic movements. From Eastern Europe to the Middle East and Africa, she advises governments, philanthropies and civil society on how to create an enabling environment to meaningfully tackle digital threats to democracy. At Reset Tech Kristina spearheads initiatives at the intersection of election integrity, masculinity, political violence and information resilience.
In 2021 she co-founded #ShePersisted, an initiative to ensure that digital harms against women leaders are recognized and addressed as threats to national security and the human rights system.
Kristina is from the rural state of Montana where she began her journey in addressing political violence against women when at the age of 17 she organized a letter to the editor campaign to build community support for an abortion clinic that was firebombed by violent extremists.
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