Kristina Ayanian

Kristina Ayanian is the Director of Client Experience at NASDAQ and Miss Universe Armenia 2022. Kristina is the recipient of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold, Silver and Bronze Level Awards. She was a reporter on ABC’s Teen Kids News and an Emmy nominee for an interview with HRH Prince Edward. She is a published author in the Anthology of Short Stories by Young Americans. She graduated cum laude with a dual degree in finance and global studies from Bentley University.

Kristina has been training in dance, piano, acting and voice for many years and has received numerous awards and recognition in each area. She has been in many community and professional theater productions – but, playing the piano is her passion and she has been privileged to perform at Merkin Hall and multiple times at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Kristina has launched multiple nonprofit, global emergency relief initiatives including her own Covid relief program; organizing food drives to help food banks and shelters in our community. Also partnering with corporations and restaurants, she has delivered more than 5,000 meals to healthcare workers and first responders.

As a first generation American, and coming from a refugee family, her family has first-hand experienced being displaced from their home throughout multiple generations. Unfortunately, so many people are experiencing the same crises around the world today, and she leads numerous projects to provide aid to displaced families.

Kristina is on the board of Who We Are – a non-profit whose mission is to support cultural understanding and diversity.