Kristen Barden became the executive director of the Adams Morgan Partnership Business Improvement District (AMPBID) in November of 2008 after serving as Councilmember Muriel Bowser’s communications director. Prior to that she worked with Mayor Adrian M. Fenty in the Mayor’s Office of Community Relations and Services and was the Associate Director of Development at the Alliance for Justice in Dupont Circle.
Ms. Barden brought to the Adams Morgan Partnership many years of excellent service delivery and 14 years of nonprofit management with a variety of international, domestic and local nonprofits. She also has a broad understanding of DC government and nonprofit fundraising. She received a BA from Allegheny College in Meadville, PA, in 1992 and an MPIA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1994. Ms. Barden is originally from Syracuse, NY and lives in the Brightwood neighborhood of Ward 4 in Washington, DC, with her husband Kevin. Ms. Barden is fluent in Spanish and is a member of the board of directors of the DC Arts Center in Adams Morgan, Friends of Petworth Library, and the UMS Business Alliance/Uptown Main Street. When not at a community meeting, she enjoys swimming at the YMCA.