13 things about Portsmouth, New Hampshire’s Kristin Cabot

Kristin A. Stanek Cabot is a resident of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. She earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA.

BIOGRAPHY

Cabot is an American human resources professional. She is married to Andrew Cabot.

Before marrying Andrew, Kristin was married to Ken Thornby. She and Thornby have two children together.

In August 2024, Kristin turned 52. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. From 2000 to 2001, she was a project and account manager at The Screen House in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
2. From 2001 to 2003, she was a digital producer and an account supervisor at Mullen in Boston.
3. From 2003 to 2004, she was a project and workflow management director at Euro RSCG Circle in Boston.
4. From 2004 to 2006, she was an associate director of project management at DigitasLBi in Boston.
5. From 2006 to 2008, she was the director of head of talent operations in North America at DigitasLBi.
6. She and Thornby got married in Maine, USA in 2007, separated in 2018 and divorced in 2022.
7. From 2008 to 2013, she was DigitasLBi’s head of talent operations and recruiting in the U.S.
8. Fromm 2013 to 2014, she was the head of global talent management at Razorfish and DigitasLGi in Boston.
9. In 2015, she was Razorfish Global in Boston.
10. From 2015 to 2017, she was the head of global talent management at Publicis Groupe in Boston.
11. From 2017 to 2021, she was a senior vice president of people strategy at ObserveIT in Boston.
12. From 2021 to 2024, she was the chief people officer at Neo4j in Boston.
13. In 2024, she became an employee of Astronomer, a software company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

TIMELINE

Kristin is an expert in employee engagement, employee retention, talent acquisition, executive coaching, team leadership and organizational design. In her LinkedIn profile, she wrote, “I pride myself on creating innovative systems and processes that attract top talent, while aligning an organization’s people around its mission and values.”

2010s

• In January 2017, she joined ObserveIT.

2020s

• In January 2021, she left ObserveIT and joined Neo4j.
• In September 2020, she joined Privateer Rum in Ipswich, Massachusetts as an advisory board member.
• While employed by Neo4j, she was featured in a Forbes article published on October 31, 2023.
• In October 2024, she left Neo4j.
• In November 2024, she joined Astronomer as the chief people officer.
• In February 2025, she and Andrew bought a two-story, four-bedroom New Englander-style house worth $2.2 million in Rye, New Hampshire.
• On July 16, 2025, she and then Astronomer chief executive officer Andrew “Andy” Byron were caught on the jumbotron canoodling at a Coldplay concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
• On July 24, 2025, she resigned from Astronomer.
• On August 13, 2025, she filed for divorce against Andrew at a court in Portsmouth.