Kristen Hammond
Kristen leads an award-winning learning design team that works collaboratively with university partners and academics to design and build quality, engaging, workforce-relevant courses. Students are at the centre of everything her team does.
Kristen has worked in publishing and education for almost three decades, producing books and online course materials for primary, secondary, and higher education markets, as well as for lifelong learners—including Australia’s bestselling personal finance book, The Barefoot Investor. Over her career, she has worked across publishing, editorial, production, marketing, corporate sales, and product management—but loves co-creation with collaborators best of all.
Kristen holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma in Editing and Publishing from RMIT. She loves storytelling in all its forms—books, film, and conversations—and enjoys riding her e-bike along regional rail trails with her husband Aaron, and their two girls. Kristen has also volunteered for Lord Somers Camp and Power House for more than three decades, running experiential, camping-based programs focused on youth and community development, with a strong emphasis on inclusion, empowerment, and leadership growth.
