Krista Walton Potter

Krista Walton Potter (she/her/hers) is the Interim Vice President, Communications and Engagement at Global Fund for Women.

Krista works on communications strategy, copy writing, and public facing campaigns. She has managed and created content for online campaigns about women human rights defenders, sexual and reproductive health and rights activists and survivors, and gender justice movement leaders.

Prior to joining Global Fund for Women, Krista worked as the digital communications manager at the International Museum of Women, where she combined her dedication to gender justice and her love of storytelling and art to help develop award-winning online exhibitions including Muslima: Muslim Women’s Art & Voices, MAMA: Motherhood Around the Globe, and Economica: Women and the Global Economy.  Formerly she was the assistant editor at Preservation magazine, the magazine of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and a general assignment reporter for The Maui News in her hometown of Maui, Hawaii. Krista attended the University of Southern California, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in Fine Arts – Photography.