Chris is the Founder and Lead Consultant for True Change Associates (TCA) which they established in 2015 after 20 years of experience working with academic institutions, corporations, and nonprofit organizations focusing on diversity and inclusion, equity and social justice, leadership development, and team building. TCA’s mission is to work in community with people and organizations to move through personal growth to creating lasting institutional and systemic change around equity and inclusion. In addition to TCA, Chris is a part-time faculty member for the Federal Executive Institute within the Federal Government and for Merrimack College in their Higher Education Graduate program. Chris also serves as a Co-Lead Facilitator for the LeaderShape Institute, a national organization committed to creating “a just, caring, and thriving world where all lead with integrity and a healthy disregard for the impossible”, and as a Facilitator for Outward Bound Professional, the division of OB that focuses on transformative leadership development with corporate clients using experiential education in the outdoors. Prior to TCA, Chris’ experience includes professional roles at Wentworth Institute of Technology, The University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Brown University, Rhode Island College, SpeakOut Boston (the nation’s oldest LGBTQ speakers’ bureau), City Year, and Exploration Schools. Additionally, Chris has presented at national conferences such as SXSW, the Racial Justice Institute at Creating Change, and The White Privilege Conference. Chris is a skilled relationship builder, strategic planner, and team energizer, and loves helping people and organizations be their best selves while contributing to a socially just world. Chris holds a M.Ed. from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst in Social Justice Education, and a BA from Colby College in American Studies. Chris is a Rhode Island native but calls Boston home, where Chris lives with their wife Vanessa.