Downtown Tulsa Partnership (DTP) is excited to announce Kristina Scott will be serving as the new President & CEO of the organization effective August 24, 2026.
Kristina Scott brings more than 20 years of experience strengthening communities through cross-sector collaboration to the Downtown Tulsa Partnership. She's known for setting bold strategies, aligning stakeholders, and delivering measurable results in complex environments.
Kristina most recently served as Vice President of Strategy at the Downtown Dayton Partnership, shaping Dayton's urban vision and leading activation for the May 2025 NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Her leadership brought together civic, business, and community partners to boost downtown's economy and culture.
Before her work in Dayton, Kristina led public policy and advocacy at United Way of Greater Cincinnati, building coalitions across Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. She secured historic investments in early childhood and postsecondary education and led the development of Southwest Ohio's digital opportunity plan, a 16-county strategy to close the digital divide.
As CEO of Learn to Earn Dayton, launched an $8.1 million partnership focused on educational opportunity, economic mobility, and racial equity. She created a resident-led grant process, influenced Dayton's American Rescue Plan investments, and earned StriveTogether's Systems Transformation designation for measurable, population-level impact.
Kristina began her nonprofit career as executive director of Alabama Possible, where she led statewide collaborations that produced Alabama’s highest-ever Census participation rate and built a financial aid form completion model that scaled statewide and helped drive adoption of a universal FAFSA policy. She also testified before the U.S. Senate in support of FAFSA simplification and permanent funding for HBCUs, contributing to the passage of the bipartisan FUTURES Act.
Earlier in her career, Kristina served as Managing Attorney for External Affairs at the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, where she cultivated strategic partnerships, co-founded the Los Angeles County Elder Abuse Forensic Center, and helped develop a landmark strategy to end childhood lead poisoning.
Kristina holds a J.D. with distinction from Emory University School of Law and a B.A. in history from the University of Florida. She is admitted to practice in California, Georgia, and New York. She has been recognized by al.com as a Women Who Shape the State honoree and was a TEDx Red Mountain speaker on community change and economic opportunity.