Kirsten Thistle has decades of experience in health care communications, public policy, advocacy campaigns, and alliance development. She brings deep expertise in vaccines, infectious diseases, and public health, leading stakeholder engagement, disease awareness, and access initiatives for leading health care organizations, nonprofits, and industry partners.

Prior to joining Reservoir Communications Group, Kirsten was co-founder and partner of Health Impact Strategies, a boutique communications agency focused on advancing public health and health equity. She also served as campaign director for Health is Primary, a national effort led by the American Academy of Family Physicians to raise awareness of the critical role of primary care in the U.S. health care system. For more than a decade, Kirsten led the U.S. Health Care practice at APCO Worldwide, advising clients across the health care, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and nonprofit sectors.