ReliabilityFirst Corporation
Kristen Senk began their legal career in 2008 as a Legal Extern at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Kristen then worked as a Law Clerk at Bartek Law Office from June 2008 to May 2010. In September 2010, they joined Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff as an Associate, focusing on general commercial litigation in both state and federal court. After four years at Benesch, they moved to ReliabilityFirst Corporation in March 2014 as a Counsel. Over the years, they progressed within the company, holding roles such as Senior Counsel, Managing Enforcement Counsel, Senior Managing Counsel, and most recently, as the Director of Legal and Enforcement since July 2021.
Kristen Senk obtained their B.A. degree in Government and Foreign Affairs from Walsh University, where they studied from 2003 to 2007. Following their undergraduate studies, they pursued a J.D. degree in Law at the University of Akron School of Law, studying there from 2007 to 2010.
ReliabilityFirst Corporation
ReliabilityFirst works to maintain the reliability, security and resilience of the electric grid across 13 states and the District of Columbia, which stretches from the Atlantic Seaboard to Lake Michigan. The electric grid is the backbone of our economy, is critical for our national security and necessary to support our public welfare. In fact, a reliable and secure electric grid is fundamental to our most basic daily routines and needs. Our mission is to ensure that this cornerstone to our national well-being is reliable and secure – not only for today but also for tomorrow. To achieve this mission, we bring together a diverse and broad spectrum of experts from across the nation with various professional, technical, and industry backgrounds. We identify and prioritize risks facing our electric grid; determine sustainable mitigation strategies to address these identified risks; and develop and deploy communication and outreach strategies to drive awareness and further ensure risk resolution. Our team includes electrical engineers, computer engineers and cyber security experts, statisticians and risk experts, attorneys and regulatory experts, professional auditors, systems engineers, organizational design experts, and professional trainers. ReliabilityFirst is one of only six companies across North America that are responsible for this vital work under Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)-approved delegation agreements with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). Specifically, our company is responsible for the reliability and security of the electric grid in the Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes areas of the United States, which includes all or portions of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, and the District of Columbia. We are proud to call Cleveland, Ohio our home.