Crissy has extensive experience in land use and transportation policy, planning, implementation, finance, operations/maintenance, and organizational change management. Over the course of more than a decade, Crissy’s visionary leadership and commitment forever transformed the City of Denver’s approach to transportation from one focused on cars to one focused on people.
Under her direction, the city developed clear outcomes, increased funding commitments, developed dozens of multimodal plans, including the first citywide transit plan, Living Streets Initiative, award-winning Vision Zero Action Plan, USDOT Smart City Challenge grant application and the 2018 Mobility Action Plan. Collectively, these efforts culminated in the recognition for urgent action which paved the way for the approval of nearly $1B in bond funds, nearly half of which were dedicated to transportation.
After leaving the City in 2018, Crissy accepted a senior executive role with Panasonic’s Smart Mobility Office informing the overall office strategy and approach towards the development of transformative transportation technology to address mobility challenges that could be implemented at scale. She also initiated an internal change management process to achieve organizational excellence with an innovation mindset.
In December of last year, Crissy accepted her current position with Google’s global transportation team working on innovative mobility solutions and projects.
Crissy currently serves as the co-chair for the WTS Colorado Executive Advisory Board, Denver’s 2026 World Cup transportation committee and is a member of the City of Golden’s Planning Commission. She previously served on the boards of Denver Bike Share, Denver Regional Council of Governments and the National Association of City Transportation Officials.
In her free time, Crissy enjoys hiking, biking, yoga and generally spending time with her husband, two daughters and their two dogs.