Kristin Boyer

President & CEO

Kristin Boyer leads Trellis Foundation’s efforts to advance equitable postsecondary outcomes for students across Texas. Her recent professional service includes several terms as an Advisory Committee member for the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education – the research arm of the Council for Opportunity in Education, chairing the Latino Student Success Funders Group, and serving as leadership committee chair of Philanthropy Advocates, a funders’ organization that informs policy and legislation in Texas. In addition, she has held positions in higher education development, communications, admissions, and financial aid, and she served as a public school teacher in a Title I middle school in rural Kansas. Kristin holds a Master of Arts degree in communications, and bachelor’s degrees in English and Spanish, with a secondary education endorsement