Christina Geist

Christina Geist is a brand strategist, entrepreneur and New York Times best-selling children’s book author. She is a creative writer at heart whose career spans news producing, public relations, marketing, branding, and design strategy positions at large agencies like Arnold Worldwide and Interbrand, in-house at Johnson & Johnson and inside growing start-ups.

After taking four years off to raise her kids, she started two companies, True Geist, a boutique brand strategy and design firm, and Boombox, an online boutique for bespoke, premium, personalized memory boxes, filled with custom-printed photos and written messages from friends and family.

Christina’s first children’s book, Buddy’s Bedtime Battery, was published by Random House Kids in September 2016. Her second book – Sorry Grown-Ups, You Can’t Go to School! Debuted at #4 on The New York Times Bestseller list.

Christina grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey and graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She lives in New York City with her husband, NBC and MSNBC host Willie Geist, and their two children.