Kristi Hughes

Director of Development & Administration

Kristi is Empire Justice Center's Director of Development & Administration. She works out of the Rochester office and is a member of the Management Team.

Kristi is responsible for marketing, grant writing, fundraising and overall development initiatives as well as for the administration of all grants and contracts. 

Before joining Empire Justice in 2002, Kristi worked in development at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Golisano Children's Hospital and in marketing at the YMCA of Greater Rochester.

Kristi is a mentor with Lawyers for Learning at School 29, serves as a volunteer tax advisor and preparer for C.A.S.H. and is a member of Avon Central School District's Board of Education.

She graduated magna cum laude with Bachelor's degrees in Mandarin Chinese and Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 1993 and holds a Masters degree in Public Administration from SUNY Brockport.  She also studied at National Taiwan Normal University.