Cristina Alesci

Cristina is a Managing Director, leading Strategic Communications at 26North.

Prior to joining 26North in 2022, Cristina was the Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Chobani where she was responsible for external and internal communications, government and community relations, social impact and philanthropy. Cristina also served on Chobani's Executive Leadership Team.

Previously, Cristina was a CNN correspondent, covering business, finance and politics, including federal economic, tax and banking policy, controversies facing major companies, and the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

Before CNN, Cristina was Bloomberg Television's Deals reporter, where her market-leading coverage of global mergers and acquisitions, IPOs and the private equity industry was featured across Bloomberg’s broadcast and print media.

Cristina holds a B.A. with honors in Criminal Justice from Pace University and an M.A. with honors from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

She is a board member of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism CUNY Foundation.