Cristy Watkins

Sustainability and Development Program Manager

Cristy Watkins is the Sustainability and Development Program Manager at the Pulte Institute for Global Development within the Keough School for Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame.

She is also the Operations and Engagement Director for the National Sustainability Society. Prior to these roles, Cristy worked in a similar capacity at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan for over 10 years. Cristy was trained as an environmental social scientist, with a background in anthropology and interdisciplinary natural resource management.

She has field research experience in national and international, and rural and urban contexts, but is passionate about bringing people together to solve wicked environmental and sustainability challenges in a collaborative fashion. Cristy is an accomplished research and engagement manager with a proven ability to develop and coordinate global research projects and learning engagement events in the fields of natural resources, livelihoods, and sustainable development.