Kristin Lee, TSA Assistant Administrator for Strategic Communications and Public Affairs

Kristin Lee was appointed as the Transportation Security Administration's Assistant Administrator for Strategic Communications and Public Affairs in April 2009. In this role, Lee oversees the agency's external and internal communications initiatives across more than 450 commercial airports nationwide.

Before joining the Obama Administration, Lee served as the majority communications director for the House Rules Committee, where she developed and implemented communications strategies for the Committee and Chairwoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY).
In 2008, Lee worked on Barack Obama's general election campaign in Pennsylvania, and during the presidential primary, for Hillary Clinton in seven states, including Iowa, Nevada, Texas and Pennsylvania, working as a statewide communications director and press secretary, among other roles.

In the 2006 election cycle, Lee worked as the national press secretary for the League of Conservation Voters. A California native, she also served as a deputy press secretary for Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA).  Lee is a past Co-Chair of the Women’s Information Network’s Communications Network. 

Lee earned her bachelor's degree in journalism and literature from the University of California at Santa Cruz. She holds a Masters Degree in political communication from Johns Hopkins.