Kristina Thomson, L.C.S.W. is the Director of the American Cancer Society National Navigation Roundtable (NNRT).  In this role she provides leadership to support the creation of a sustainable model for oncology patient navigation that contributes to health equity for all, across the continuum of cancer care. Ms. Thomson has a passion for helping patients and caregivers and expanding equity in cancer prevention and care. Prior to joining the ACS, she worked as a licensed clinical social worker in behavioral health and medicine, in healthcare and business arenas.   She began her career at ACS as a project manager for a grant-funded palliative care project in New Jersey. From there, she assumed a variety of progressive, highly successful leadership roles in patient and family services and hospital systems in the Northeast region and has been a key partner in helping to re-launch ACS’ patient navigation strategy.   Ms. Thomson holds a master’s degree in social work from Rutgers University, as well as certificate in clinical social work from NYU.