Kris Sarri

Kristen Joan Sarri is the state director of The Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts. She is a former American public official who was the nominee to serve as the Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International, Environmental and Scientific Affairs since 2023. She was the president and chief executive officer of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation from 2016 to 2023.

Life Sarri received a Bachelor of Arts in biology from Washington University in St. Louis and her Master of Science in natural resources and master of public health from the University of Michigan.

From 1993 to 1994, Sarri worked as an education coordinator for the Cheetah Conservation Fund. She was legislative director for the bipartisan Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition from 2001 to 2006. She led its first corporate partnership program supporting the National Marine Sanctuary, expanding the foundation's budget by over thirty percent. She stepped down from the foundation on January 1, 2023. In November 2023, Sarri was nominated by U.S. president Joe Biden to work as the assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs.

In August 2025, Sarri joined The Nature Conservancy as its Massachusetts State Director.