Kristi DesJarlais is Senior Vice President of Communications & Public Relations at Invitation Homes, America’s premier single-family home leasing and management company. She has more than 30 years of experience across a variety of branding, reputation, corporate communications, and philanthropy disciplines. Prior to joining Invitation Homes in September 2018, Ms. DesJarlais spent 25 years at Phillips 66/ConocoPhillips/Phillips Petroleum, serving in management roles across the spectrum of global communications and public relations activities, and more than three years leading the energy practice and Houston office of Saxum, an integrated marketing and communications agency. She is a member of the Arthur W. Page Society and serves on the boards of both the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College and the Northern Oklahoma College Foundation. Ms. DesJarlais holds a bachelor’s in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma.