Kirsten Weeks

Cisco Systems

Kirsten Weeks is Sr. Community Relations Manager for Cisco, overseeing the company’s Community Relations programs for several of Cisco’s major U.S. and international locations.  

Immediately prior to joining Cisco in February 2007, Weeks served in several communications roles during her four-year tenure with the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer.   

Prior to joining the Treasurer’s office, Weeks worked for the North Carolina Department of Commerce, and as assistant press secretary for North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt.  She also worked as press secretary for the National Partnership for Women and Families (formerly the Women’s Legal Defense Fund), a non-profit advocacy organization in Washington, DC. 

Weeks is a native North Carolinian.  She holds an undergraduate degree in Mass Communication from North Carolina State University.  She also holds a master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was a Roy H. Park Fellow and a master’s degree in Business Administration from Kenan-Flagler Business School.    

Kirsten, her husband Chris and son John live in Raleigh, NC.