About Kristina

Education: Kristina has earned a bachelor’s degree with high honors from the George Washington University in Washington DC, where she studied art history and history. During her undergraduate years, Kristina received the opportunity to further her art history work at Oxford University, where she spent a semester studying under Dr. Rowena Archer. Kristina’s studies continued at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles where she earned a spot on the Southwestern Law Review as the Special Projects Editor and graduated with her Juris Doctor degree with honors.

Bar Exams: Kristina has passed both the California and New York Bar exams, beginning her bi-coastal career with positions in California and New York.

Experience: Throughout here career, Kristina has honed her interest in the arts, entertainment and media. She has held legal positions at:

• Sony Pictures Entertainment

• Body Glove International

• Famous Music

• MTV Networks

• Condé Nast and its publications:

  • Allure, Architectural Digest, Bon Appetit, Glamour, Gourmet, GQ, The New Yorker, Self, Vanity Fair, Vogue, W Magazine, Wired, WWD.

• The Associated Press

• Art Partner

• BDG Media, Inc.

In 2019, Kristina founded Pentek Associates, LLC to offer her consulting services to a broader variety of artists and businesses around the globe. She lives in Burlington, Vermont but professionally splits her time between New York, California and London.

In continued support of the arts, Kristina serves on the Board of Directors for Burlington City Arts whose mission is to nurture a dynamic environment through the arts that makes quality experiences accessible to a broad audience.