Christine is the Program Director at the Local Policy Lab.  She most recently worked for the state of Rhode Island as senior advisor to the governor, chief executive officer of the Rhode Island Department of Education/School Building Authority leading its statewide school construction efforts, and as chief of staff at the RI Department of Education.

Christine gained political, legislative, and organizing experience in Massachusetts and Rhode Island working on education issues along with campaign finance reform, constitutional rights, election protection, and civil liberties. 

Previously, she was a legislative staffer in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, field director for a statewide campaign to provide high-quality universal pre-kindergarten, and executive director of Common Cause Rhode Island where she advocated on democracy issues. She later worked on the staff of the Rhode Island Mayoral Academies and as executive director of the Rhode Island Campaign for Achievement Now.