Cristina Alesci

Cristina Alesci currently serves as Managing Director of Strategic Communications at 26North since June 2022 and has been a member of the Board of Directors at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY since September 2016, acting as Treasurer since 2017. Previously, Alesci held the position of Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Chobani from December 2020 to March 2022 and was a Correspondent at CNN from May 2014 to December 2020, where coverage focused on influential companies and business leaders. Prior experience includes a role as a journalist at Bloomberg from February 2009 to May 2014. Alesci holds an M.A. with honors in Journalism from the City University of New York-Graduate School of Journalism, a Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Business from Columbia University, and a B.S., Summa Cum Laude, in Criminal Justice and Philosophy from Pace University.