Chris is the Helen Keller National Center associate executive director. He has been with HKNC since 2012. Prior to working with HKNC, he worked as a teacher at Wisconsin School for the Deaf for thirteen years and as an English as a Second Language instructor at English Language Institute at Gallaudet University for three years. He is and was very active in both Deaf and DeafBlind communities at local, state, national and international levels for almost three decades. He is currently a member of the World Federation of the DeafBlind executive board; as well as other local, national and international boards . He holds a Master degree in Latin American Studies from the George Washington University and a Master degree in Bilingual-Bicultural Deaf Education from McDaniel College. He is also a Certified Rehabilitation Leader (CRL). He is DeafBlind.