Kristen Wilson

Kristen Wilson serves as Senior Program Manager for the Native American Center for Cancer Health Excellence at the University of Oklahoma. In this role, she facilitates administrative duties including MOUs with tribal communities, prepares for the Native Health Summit focusing on breast cancer, creates public service announcement videos on breast cancer awareness and screening, and manages staff. Her career path has centered on tribal communities, beginning with the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma where she advanced from Johnson O'Malley Coordinator to Executive Director over 12 years. She later worked at St. Gregory's University as NASAMPI Retention Director for first-generation college students, as Special Education Coordinator for the Citizen Pottawatomie Nation on a Department of Justice grant, and as Associate Project Coordinator at the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board. Wilson holds an associate's degree earned shortly after high school, a bachelor's degree completed early in three years, and a master's degree in Human Resource Administration. She maintains a Tribal Human resource certification and NIGC certification in gaming regulatory, and is a member of CCCIF and the American Indian Cancer Foundation. She attributes her drive to being a teen mom to four daughters, motivating her to model success and positive influence for women.