Kristi Fontenot joined the College of Natural Sciences Office of Development in November 2014. In her role, she is the Frontline Support Manager and provides professional administrative support to the Chief Development Officer, Zak Richards and the Assistant to Senior Director of Development for Principal Gifts, Mary Jean (MJ) Parker. 

Kristi came to UT Austin from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), where she was a Community Relations Program Manager from 1997-2014 managing global employee engagement, global matching gifts program and local community relations while also serving as the Assistant Secretary for the AMD Foundation.