Chris is a Fellow at SCIL and the ProWESS Center at UC San Diego. Previously, he served California as a Governor Appointee overseeing nearly all aspects of CAL FIRE’s Fire Protection, Resource Management, Support, and Administrative functions as the Chief Deputy Director. He was responsible for implementation of strategic initiatives and policies critical to ensuring operational readiness, wildfire resiliency, community preparedness, and deployment of innovative technological advancements into day-to-day operations, working with tribal, local, state, federal, non-profit and private entities. Since his retirement from CAL FIRE, he seeks to connect innovative technologies to the wildfire community to protect lives, communities, ensure resilient landscapes, and end the disastrous impacts of destructive wildfires.
