Kristin B. Connelly was elected as Contra Costa County’s Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters in November of 2022 and began her term on January 3, 2023. She oversees the 74 employees that work across the Clerk-Recorder, Elections and Administration Divisions of her department.

With respect to the Elections Division, Kristin has spent her first three years in office focused on increasing access to voting, ensuring transparency about elections processes, highlighting election security, battling misinformation about elections, and improving internal processes. She also proudly promotes the important work of the Clerk-Recorder Division which handles hundreds of thousands of property transactions and vital records each year. Kristin co-chairs the Elections Legislative Committee for the statewide California Association of Clerks and Elections Officials (CACEO) and serves on its board of directors representing the Bay Area region.

Prior to being elected Clerk-Recorder, Kristin worked as the President and CEO of the East Bay Leadership Council (EBLC) for more than 8 years. Kristin served on the Acalanes Union High School District Governing Board from 2018-2023, including one year of service as president.

A native of Contra Costa, Kristin earned a law degree from Fordham, a master’s in public policy from Georgetown and a bachelor’s in political science from UCLA, as a Frank H. Buck Scholar. Kristin recently completed the 12-course sequence to become a Certified Elections and Registration Administrator (CERA) through the University of Auburn. Kristin practiced employment law at the firm Sidley Austin LLP in New York City.

Kristin is grateful to be raising her two children, ages 17 and 20, in Contra Costa with her husband, T.J.