Krystal Langholz
Chief Community Officer
Krystal is the Chief Community Officer of Climate United, leading the team dedicated to community and stakeholder engagement, capacity building and predevelopment programs, and impact measurement and management.
Krystal has dedicated her career to bringing inclusive economic growth to low-income, rural, and Native communities. Krystal served as a Director of Strategy for Calvert Impact, where she helped develop new products and developed thought leadership content for the organization. In addition to designing and informing the Community Engagement and Accountability strategy for Climate United, Krystal led the creation of the technical services program for the Mission Driven Bank Fund and assisted in the development of the Fund’s Impact Measurement and Management.
Prior to Calvert Impact, Krystal served as the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Strategy and Capitalization of the Oweesta Corporation, a national Native CDFI intermediary. Before her time at Oweesta, Krystal served as the founding Executive Director of Hunkpati Investments, a certified Native CDFI on the Crow Creek Indian Reservation in South Dakota. (Colorado State, M.A., Luther College, B.A.). She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado with her husband and two children.