Chris brings a rare blend of strategy consulting, organizational leadership, and deep experience in family systems to Continuity’s clients. He helps families navigate conflict, succession, and governance challenges by drawing on both his professional background and lived experience guiding complex identity-laden dynamics. His work centers on creating spaces where families can address difficult conversations, strengthen trust, and move toward long-term alignment.

Chris’s career spans corporate and nonprofit leadership. He began as a strategy consultant with PwC and later IBM, leading multi-year projects with NASA and other large organizations. He then entered a Benedictine monastery, where he lived and worked for 18 years in a tightly connected community marked by shared decision-making and identity conflict. Within the monastery’s nonprofit enterprise, he served as Vice-Chair of the Board, Co-Chair of the Finance Committee, and in senior management roles similar to COO and CFO, overseeing finances, administration, and governance. In this context he often facilitated “family meeting”-style processes, experiences that deeply shaped his approach to family systems and organizational health.

Chris is the author of the Grace of Nothingness. He holds a Licentiate in Sacred Theology (STL) from Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas – Angelicum in Rome and a B.S. in Human & Organizational Development and Economics from Vanderbilt University. He is an active member of professional networks, including the Purposeful Planning Institute.

Originally from St. Louis and now based in Brooklyn, Chris enjoys hiking, writing, and exploring the intersections of spirituality, leadership, and culture.