Kristin Hultquist

Kristin Hultquist is a nationally renowned expert in higher education policy and strategy development at the state and federal levels. She founded HCM Strategists because she believes in the power of policy solutions that integrate effective storytelling, rigorous analysis, sharp insights, and politically sensitive strategy.

Hultquist has built and continues to lead HCM’s postsecondary practice, which enjoys a deep record of partnering with clients to advance and sustain evidence-based policy changes. This record includes helping create and manage Lumina Foundation’s Strategy Labs, supporting attainment goal setting in 44 states, advising strategic finance change in 15 states, and guiding strategic plan development in every region of the country. She has testified as an invited witness to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives during the 114th, 115th, and 116th Congresses on federal financial aid reforms recommended by two initiatives she directed—the American Dream 2.0 coalition and the Doing Better for More Students technical report.

Hultquist also serves as chair of the board of Colorado’s largest Hispanic-serving institution, the Metropolitan State University of Denver, after previously serving as vice chair and chair of the governance committee.