Chris was appointed executive director in 2012, having served as an ESCR-Net program officer from 2004-2007, focused on corporate accountability, economic policy, and women and ESCR. He has facilitated political education, research, and grassroots organizing in the US, as well as Cambodia, India and Romania. Chris holds graduate degrees in international affairs (Columbia University) and anthropology (The Graduate Center, CUNY) and has taught courses in social theory, anthropology, history and human rights.