Kristin Werk

As COO at BookNook, Kristin Werk is responsible for managing daily business operations and working across all departments to support day-to-day activities. Kristin’s leadership philosophy revolves around trust and enabling an environment for decisions to be made as close to the work as possible.

Prior to joining BookNook, Kristin spent eight years in edtech at NWEA and Questar Assessment. Kristin served as Chief Operating Officer, State Solutions and then as Executive Vice President, Enterprise Operations during her time at NWEA where she focused on excellence in operations to support organizational execution across the enterprise. While at Questar Assessment, Kristin also served as Chief Operating Officer and led over a dozen areas of the organization during her tenure. She was accountable for creating and implementing scalable, quality processes that led to measurable results across all areas of the organization. Prior to her time in edtech, Kristin held diverse leadership positions for Thomson Reuters over a seventeen-year period, including acquisition integration, content and data migrations, sales operations, and strategic marketing and communications.

Kristin has a BS in journalism from St. Cloud State University and an MBA from Capella University. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®)®, Prosci® Certified Change Practitioner, Six Sigma Green Belt, Registered Scrum Master™ and Registered Product Owner™, and an active member of Chief, a network to connect and support women executive leaders.