Being a long-term stage IV cancer survivor moves Kristi Nelson every day to support others in living and loving with great fullness of heart.


Kristi is the Executive Director of A Network for Grateful Living. Her work in the non-profit sector over the last four decades has focused on leading, inspiring, and strengthening organizations committed to progressive social and spiritual change. In this spirit, she has held many roles including Executive Director of a regional Women’s Foundation, founding Director of Soul of Money Institute with Lynne Twist, Director of Development at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, and Director of Development for the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society. 


Kristi is also the author of Wake Up Grateful: The Transformative Practice of Taking Nothing for Granted.