Business Advisory Board Member

Kristin Watts

Kristin Watts '08 is the senior vice president of specialized lending at AgWest Farm Credit where she leads lending teams providing operating and senior debt financing to the forest products industry and agricultural cooperatives. Watts began her career working for Potlatch Corporation (now PotlatchDeltic Corporation), a publicly traded Timberland REIT with vertically integrated manufacturing assets. She served in several roles related to financial planning and analysis and accounting before transitioning to become a forest products lender for Farm Credit. Watts has an undergraduate degree in business administration and accounting from Whitworth University, is a graduate of Pacific Coast Banking School and is a licensed CPA.
 
Watts resides in Spokane, Wash., and spends her free time with family or pursuing her hobbies, which include golfing and skiing in the Inland Northwest. She is passionate about her volunteer service as a Washington State Future Problem Solving evaluator and has held past board roles with AgForestry and the LPGA Amateur Golf Association Spokane/Inland Northwest chapter. Watts is also actively involved with other Whitworth University efforts through serving on the Women's Leadership Network Advisory Board and has been a longtime interviewer for the School of Business mock interviews.