Kristin Ramsay administers the Laidlaw Research and Leadership Scholars program at Cornell University. She is also the director of the Rawlings Cornell Presidential Research Scholars program. A Cornell alumna, Kristin majored in international agriculture and rural development before working with an NGO in Kenya for six years. Her graduate work focused on community leadership development. Kristin enjoys traveling, spending time with her family (and 3 dogs), and works as a grant writer with a non-profit that serves small scale farmers around the world.