Alumni Advocates of the Year

Kristin Crellin
California State University, Fullerton

Kristin Crellin is executive director of school and community relations for the Orange County Teachers Federal Credit Union (OCTFCU), the largest credit union in the nation to serve educators exclusively. She has been with OCTFCU for 19 years and is the key spokesperson within the educational community.

Crellin is responsible for managing OCTFCU’s community relations programs. This includes the Orange County Department of Education’s Teachers of the Year, Academic Pentathlon programs, coordinating principal for a day events and job shadow programs for students in Orange County. She is also executive director of the Education Foundation for Orange County Schools, a mentor for the HOST program at Olive Elementary School in Orange, and serves on the board of directors for the Mt. San Antonio College Foundation and Santa Ana College Foundation, as well as the Learning for Life Steering Committee. She is active in community programs including UCI Honor a Teacher, Junior Achievement and The Children’s Miracle Network.

She serves on the Cal State University Fullerton Alumni Association board, CSUF Guardian Scholar Advisory Board and the CSUF College of Education Leadership Council, and represents CSUF on the CSU statewide Alumni Council. She earned her BA from CSU Fullerton in 1995.