Christina Lo: VPF's New Director of Strategic Sourcing and Contracts

Publication Date
12/20/2016

Christina LoChristina Lo has been named Director of Strategic Sourcing and Contracts, effective December 5.
 
Christina has been with VPF since 2011, when she joined the contracts team in Sourcing and Procurement. Last year, she was promoted to Senior Advisor for Business Affairs and Contracts, working on a range of projects of strategic importance to the Institute.
 
“I’m confident Christina will be a superb leader of this newly configured team,” said Glen Shor in a recent email announcing Christina’s promotion. “Recently, Christina provided critical support for a number of aspects of MIT’s launch of The Engine, as well as for the establishment of administrative infrastructure to expand the Institute’s global presence.”
 
“My key priority is to enhance our ongoing engagement with the MIT community,” said Christina. “Working closely with our team of sourcing and contracting experts, I look forward to leveraging our community’s feedback to refine a strategic approach to sourcing quality goods and services that financially and operationally satisfy the Institute’s procurement needs at individual, departmental, and institutional levels.”
 
Before coming to MIT, Christina worked at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, where she managed and advised on contracts and intellectual property matters. Prior to that, she practiced as a lawyer for a private law firm in London. Christina is a qualified English lawyer, with a law degree from The University of Law in London, and earned a BA in English and Psychology from Georgetown University.