Bio, via LinkedIn:

Chris helped transform the District of Columbia Public Schools into the fastest-improving urban school district in the country. He redesigned the school district's 500 million dollar budget allocation process for over 100 schools. Through his financial planning and analysis, he helped make possible new academic standards so that every student experienced art, music, PE and world language. He led the effort to implement “at-risk” student funding, an innovative new funding stream designed specifically to help low-income students. In order to create a sustainable financial position for the district, Chris introduced new student growth strategies that were described by the Washington Post as “an aggressive move to boost enrollment and maintain market share after years of ceding ground to charter schools.” In 2014, Chris was credited with overseeing the largest single year of enrollment growth for traditional public schools in Washington, DC in 50 years. This growth netted over $25 million in new revenue for the district. Since 2015, Chris has consulted for a growing education technology startup that created financial analytics software specially for school districts. He helps district leaders from around the country achieve their strategic finance goals, including greater transparency and more equitable resource allocation.