Kristie serves as the Administrative Support Associate to the Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement and Clinical Engagement. She previously served as the Staff Support Associate II for the Division of Athletic Training and the Rehabilitation Sciences Doctoral Program. 

She graduated from the University of Kentucky with a B.S. in Integrated Strategic Communications in 2006, and a B.S. in Accounting in 2013.

Kristie has been working at the University of Kentucky since 2008 and was peer-elected to the position of Secretary (2014-2016) and Sarah Bennett Holmes Award Luncheon Committee Chair (2015-2017) for the UK Women's Forum. She remains an active general member. 

She is originally from Louisville, KY, but resides in Lexington with her husband Chris, her son Johnny, and her daughter Rylee.