Kristen Gowin

Kristen Gowin, Executive Manager of NECA Boston, leads the region’s electrical construction trade association representing nearly 200 signatory electrical construction companies across Greater Boston, Maine, and New Hampshire. Gowin and her team work to provide members with a wide range of services, including labor relation, contract negotiations, education and training,  government affairs, and industry matters. She serves as a management trustee on several pension, retirement, apprenticeship and labor-management funds with assets exceeding $4 billion dollars.

Before returning to New England, Gowin spent nearly a decade in Washington, D.C., working on campaigns and lobbying on behalf of electrical contractors at NECA National. Today, she serves on a number of state and national committees, including the Energy Transformation Advisory Board, the Fossil Fuel Commission and as a board member of the National Association of Executive Forum.

She holds an MBA from Bentley University and a BA in Political Science and Public Relations from Quinnipiac University. Gowin lives on the South Shore with her husband and four children.