Kristin Jarrett is a social impact and creative leader who works to deliver effective strategies that drive equity and social justice through inclusive media and community engagement. Kristin’s work aligns industry resources with community institutions to help rebalance power for the most marginalized communities. Through her work, Kristin strives to shift culture by building inclusive communities through diverse and nuanced media representation. Currently, Kristin leads Spotify’s Equity & Impact strategy with a focus on leveraging Spotify’s platform to drive advocacy, accountability, and action on critical global issues including civic engagement, race equity, mental health access, and climate action. Kristin also co-leads Spotify’s Creator Equity Fund initiative focused on delivering an inclusive portfolio of content and content creators from historically underrepresented groups in music and podcasts. Through the fund, Kristin and her team are designing opportunities to build creator communities and support the next generation of primarily Black and LGBTQIA+ artists, songwriters, and podcasters to seed the industry with their talent. In 2022, Kristin expanded NextGen – Spotify’s initiative to grow podcast culture on college campuses and in GenZ creator communities – to HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) across the U.S. by delivering custom audio curriculums, scholarship funding, and new audio equipment. Kristin previously led Community Impact and Engagement work at Booz Allen Hamilton and District of Columbia Public Schools. Kristin lives in Washington, D.C. and is a graduate of Spelman College, Vanderbilt University (M.Ed.) and holds an executive certificate in Social Impact Strategy from the University of Pennsylvania.