Chris brings more than a decade of experience in strategic communications to Healthy Minds. He was most recently vice president of communications at the Tulsa Regional Chamber, where he led the implementation of marketing and public relations strategies for the organization’s economic development, diversity and inclusion, and legislative advocacy initiatives. Before that, Chris worked at the Tulsa NBC affiliate KJRH as an assignment editor, planning producer and multimedia journalist.

Chris was born and raised in Tulsa and is a citizen of the Osage Nation. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in international relations and Middle East studies from the University of Arkansas. Chris is a graduate of the Leadership Tulsa 360 program (class 56) and board chair of the Tulsa Global Alliance. He lives in midtown Tulsa with his wife, Sandi.