Margi Kirst

Margi oversees a development and marketing/public relations team that is responsible for creating vibrant engagement and connection between generous donors and the military families supported by Operation Homefront. Margi has 30 years’ experience in marketing and communications for global private and nonprofit organizations and joined Operation Homefront in June 2015. She previously served as vice president of Marketing at the United Service Organizations (USO), and has also directed fundraising, marketing and communications initiatives for the Autism Society of America, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), Socimer International and Price Waterhouse. Margi has a Master of Arts from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College in Washington, D.C. She is an extremely proud military family member, as the wife of a former U.S. Army officer, the daughter of dual-service U.S. Navy parents, and the sister of two Army reservists.