Kristina Nesse brings a passion for higher education policy and econometric analysis to Hardwick-Day and her clients.
She works on financial aid optimization, performs retention analysis and live-model simulations for on-campus deliveries, and monitors the admit pool and incoming class during the annual recruitment cycle. Additionally, Kristina works with clients to retrieve and verify data necessary for these various forms of analysis throughout the year.
Kristina graduated from the College of Saint Benedict in 2009 as a double major in Economics and Political Science. Kristina gained experience in politics and analysis through two internships in the office of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar in Washington, D.C. and with Labour Party Headquarters in London, England. Her Political Science Thesis: “Traffic Congestion Charging: A Case Study of Urban Politics in London and New York City” was published in the Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, April 2009.
Kristina developed a keen interest in the type of research and statistics conducted by Hardwick-Day through these internships as well as her final-semester internship with the Minnesota Private College Council. There, she helped conduct research projects in preparation for the Minnesota state legislative session and monitored the session. Additionally, she assisted with research in U.S. and Minnesota demographics and the impact of high school graduate projections on Minnesota baccalaureate degrees.
