Christian serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Substance Use Disorders and Recovery Division within the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) at the Clinton Foundation. In this capacity Chris oversees all of the foundation’s efforts helping to address the substance use disorders. Two of the cornerstone initiatives of this work at the foundation is working with communities and our foundation partners to ensure that Naloxone (the lifesaving opioid overdose reversal drug) is widely available, accessible and affordable. Another cornerstone initiative is the foundations Empowering Faith Leaders program. Our nations faith leaders are an integral part of stigma reduction regarding substance use disorders and as such, the foundation is deeply engaged in the training of our current and future faith leaders throughout the United States.

Before joining the Clinton Foundation, Chris served as the Senior Vice President of Behavioral Health at Sharecare, a comprehensive health and wellness engagement platform. Prior to Sharecare, Chris served in several leadership roles over fourteen years in the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) in Atlanta. In 2003, Chris founded and became director of the Center of Excellence for Sexual Health (CESH). In addition, Chris was a member of the faculty at MSM within the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine.

Since December 17th, 1989, Chris has been living in long-term recovery a day at a time.