International Affairs Team

Christie Saint-Vil, Director of Strategic Relationships

Christie Saint-Vil, Strategic Relationships Manager, NYC Junior Ambassadors

Christie Saint-Vil is the Director of Strategic Relationships. In this role, she is responsible for supporting the Office’s efforts to foster relationships with the diplomatic and international community. She works to mobilize partnerships that strengthen NYC’s engagements with diplomats and stakeholders from countries in Africa, the Americas, and the Caribbean. Her role also requires her to build on existing relationships and cultivate partnerships with new stakeholders within the United Nations, the City of New York, and civil society.

She manages the youth portfolio, including the award-winning NYC Junior Ambassadors program that aims to connect teachers and young New Yorkers with the United Nations. Christie also plays a critical role in delivering on the Office’s core operational and protocol obligations, including facilitating the visits of delegations from international governments (local and national) around the world.

Christie has over five years of multi-disciplinary experience in program design, capacity-building, and partnerships, particularly in amplifying the voices of immigrants, women, and youth of color. She has served these communities in several capacities, including in roles focused on program development, curriculum design, organizing, qualitative research, and communications.

A New York native born to Caribbean parents, Christie holds an M.A. in International Affairs from The New School and a B.A. in Political Science from Saint Francis College. She identifies strongly with the Haitian diaspora in Brooklyn.