Kristine Dankenbrink serves as Senior Vice President of Taxation for Comcast Corporation. In this role, she is responsible for all areas of taxation, including the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, planning, policy, litigation, risk management, financial reporting and compliance. Prior to joining Comcast, Kristine served as Senior Vice President of Tax for Time Warner Cable (TWC) where she advised on the spin-off of TWC by Time Warner Inc., the Adelphia acquisition, the unwinding of Comcast’s stakes in TWC and the investment in the Clearwire/Sprint joint venture. Kristine also led numerous tax policy initiatives and testified on behalf of TWC before groups like the National Governors Association, the National Conference of State Legislators and the American Legislative Exchange Council. Before joining TWC, Kristine held roles of increasing responsibility within the tax department of Time Warner Inc. and managed various functions within its tax group, including mergers & acquisitions, compliance and financial reporting. She began her career as a Certified Public Accountant for Ernst & Young. Kristine is a member of the Board of Directors for the Comcast Foundation and Comcast Capital Corporation. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for Cal-Tax and the Broadband Tax Institute and is an active participant in many other tax and industry organizations. She graduated from the State University of New York at Albany with a B.S. in Accounting and a Master’s degree in Taxation.