Kristina Podnar is a digital policy innovator. For over two decades, she has worked with some of the most high-profile companies, governments, and non-governmental entities to see policies as opportunities to free the organization from uncertainty, risk, and internal chaos. More importantly though, she helps digital teams unlock opportunity, strengthen the brand, and liberate employees to drive innovation aligned to business strategy.

Kristina is the Principal of NativeTrust Consulting, LLC, a Digital Policy Advisor at The Cantellus Group, and the Senior Global Digital Policy Expert at the XR Safety Initiative (XRSI). Kristina also is the Executive Lead of The Metaverse Reality Check (MRC), a global oversight board for and by citizens, and a founding member of the World Metaverse Council. She has a BA in international studies and an MBA in international business from the Dominican University of California. Her book, The Power of Digital Policy was published in March 2019.