Kristin Traniello

Kristin Traniello is a principal consultant at Traniello Strategies LLC since 2022, specializing in strategic planning, stakeholder management, civic engagement, and communications to foster unified teams and communities. In addition, Kristin serves as an editorial consultant for the Lenfest Institute for Journalism and as a consulting associate for Fast Forward Libraries. Previous roles include career services graduate assistant and lead copywriter at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, senior engagement strategist at Illinois Newsroom, and communications and branding strategist as a freelancer. Kristin co-founded Imbibe Urbana and held the position of communications coordinator for the iVenture Accelerator at Gies College of Business. Kristin is an instructor at the University of Illinois and holds a Master of Library & Information Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a BA in Linguistics from Boston University.