Chris Cottrell

A recent graduate of Harvard Kennedy School, Chris was raised in Arizona and as a teenager championed legislation to protect victims of abuse that became the most popular measure in state history and amended Arizona’s Constitution. Inspired to public service, Chris worked on local campaigns and worked his way through school studying political science at Arizona State University. He worked at a venture-backed growth stage start-up before going to business school at Georgetown. After graduating, Chris put his career on hold to join the Army Reserve. He deployed to Iraq with Special Operations Command where he conducted counterintelligence missions and was awarded the Bronze Star.