Kristine Pedersen

Seeds of Change Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Program Manager

Kristine Pedersen is the Assistant Director for the Seeds of Change initiative at the Stanford VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab. Seeds of Change is a leadership development program that aims to provide young women and girls with frameworks, knowledge, and skills to find and strengthen their voice and to navigate critical transitions such as starting college and entering the workforce. Pedersen is also the Postdoctoral Program Manager at the Lab, supporting the hiring of and programming for the Lab's Postdoctoral Research Scholars.

Prior to this role, Pedersen worked internationally, developing and leading girls' and women’s education and engagement initiatives focused on combatting human trafficking.

She received a BA in International Development Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles and an MA in Sustainable International Development from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University.