Kitri Culbertson
Kitri Culbertson Adjunct | School of Business
A native Oregonian, Kitri holds a deep respect for the interconnected web of people who call this place home.
Through her 20+ year career in communications and marketing, Kitri has found her calling supporting and promoting all that Oregon’s wine country has to offer. Prior to founding Scarlet, Kitri gained local hospitality and marketing expertise in roles at Sokol Blosser Winery and Bishop Creek Cellars, and international marketing and public relations experience at Leatherman Tool Group, a renowned Oregon manufacturer and outdoor brand with worldwide reach. Most recently, Kitri served 8 years promoting the people and places that make her own community great through her role as Vice President of Communications at Visit McMinnville.
Kitri enjoys giving back; she founded and curated TEDxMcMinnville, and she has served on the executive committee of the IPNC Board of Directors, the Advisory Board for the Assemblage Symposium, the McMinnville Parks & Recreation Committee, and is Vice President of the Library Foundation of McMinnville.