Chris joined The Community Foundation as Managing Director of Development in October 2023. With more than 20 years in the nonprofit and philanthropic space, Chris has worked in higher education, media, public policy, and environmental campaigns. His earlier career in Washington, D.C. includes senior roles at NPR, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Brookings Institution, where he built partnerships with local and national leaders in collaboration with philanthropies to advance change at the city scale.

Chris holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Rowan University and began his career in investment banking at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and worked at BlackRock funds. A Philadelphia transplant, Chris now resides in Northwest Washington, D.C. with his wife Gupi and their two sons, Nigel and Graham. When they are not volunteering with local organizations, you will find Chris and his family on their goat farm in St Mary’s County, Maryland.