Kirsten joined Alliance Advisors Investor Relations in 2023 through the acquisition of LHA, which she joined in 1999.

Since 2004, she has led a team of account professionals who specialize in working with small-cap public and private companies in a variety of industries including software and services, cleantech and traditional industrial, consumer products and telecommunications. She believes the core to improving communications begins with a thorough understanding of the business followed by organized programming and proactive implementation. Specializing in message development, communication and investor interaction, Kirsten helps clients in all stages of the business cycle navigate Wall Street. She has guided over 75 companies through a range of IR activities including quarter end reporting, non-deal roadshows, acquisitions, management changes, catalyst events, turnarounds, product launches, IPOs, follow-on transactions and more.

Prior to LHA, Kirsten served as the Head of Investor Relations at Glenborough Realty Trust, which at the time was a publicly traded $2 billion market-cap real estate investment trust. Responsible for all investor relations activities, she focused on creating and disseminating a consistent company message as well as targeting and managing institutional investors. Prior to Glenborough, Kirsten worked in New York for 10 years with J.P. Morgan Investment Management and Chase Manhattan Bank, where she honed her accounting, financial analysis and client relationships skills.

Kirsten earned an MBA from Fordham Graduate School of Business while working and received her BS from Lehigh University. A member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI), she has served on the San Francisco chapter’s board. In 2006, she led the IR team that won a PRSA Silver Anvil Award for Improved Connections to Investors.