The Blackbird Team

  Kristen Short solves complicated relocation problems. With 16 years of industry experience and over a thousand relocations completed, Kristen has established herself as a relocation expert where she has mastered the best practices within that specialty. 

Kristen was named the 2021 Frank C. Balfour Professional of the Year, which is the highest honor awarded by the International Right of Way Association. Kristen is regularly invited to speak on complex relocation issues around the country for various organizations and was a recent faculty member at the ALI-CLE Eminent Domain Conference. She is also an IRWA Instructor of relocation assistance courses and was the recipient of that organization’s 2020 W. Howard Armstrong Instructor of the Year Award. 

Kristen is the co-founder and co-host of the award-winning Infrastructure Junkies! podcast, which explores right of way, eminent domain, and infrastructure development. 

With a Master’s degree in music, Kristen was once a professional opera singer. Now, when not solving relocation puzzles, she enjoys spending time with her daughters watching volleyball, doing art projects, and having kitchen dance parties!