Prior to joining Promontory, Kristen served as Senior Policy Advisor to the Undersecretary for Domestic Finance at the Department of the Treasury, helping develop and draft the agency’s Blueprint for a Modernized Regulatory Structure, in addition to corporate governance guidelines. She was also Senior Counsel to Rep. Michael G. Oxley, Chairman of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives. For Oxley, she focused on securities-policy matters, including the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and regulation of mutual funds, hedge funds, broker-dealers, and rating agencies. Kristen also worked as an Associate at O’Melveny & Myers LLP, where she advised clients on corporate transactions and corporate governance matters. She also worked at two broker-dealers.