Chris has spent his career in the Senate focused on working across the aisle to get things done for the people of
Delaware. In recent years, the Bipartisan Policy Center recognized Chris for his commitment to bipartisanship
and awarded him its Legislative Action Award and the independent congressional tracking website GovTrack
ranked Chris in the top three most productive Senators of both parties.

Chris serves on the Senate Appropriations, Foreign Relations, Judiciary, Small Business and Entrepreneurship,
and Ethics committees. He is the chair of the Ethics Committee and the senior Democrat on two subcommittees:
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and Law and the Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations (SFOPS). He co-founded and leads the Senate Human Rights
Caucus, the Senate Competitiveness Caucus, the Senate Law Enforcement Caucus, the bipartisan Senate
Climate Solutions Caucus, the Senate ALS Caucus, and the Senate Chicken Caucus.

Before his election to the U.S. Senate in 2010, Chris served as New Castle County Council President for four years
and New Castle County Executive for six years. Prior to serving as County Executive, Chris worked as an attorney
for Delaware-based W.L. Gore & Associates, one of the 200 largest privately held manufacturing companies in
the United States. As a law student, Chris founded the Delaware chapter of the national “I Have a Dream”
Foundation, which helps low-income students make the academic journey from elementary school through
college. Shortly after receiving his law degree and clerking on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit,
Chris began working at the organization's national office. While there, he launched and ran the organization’s
AmeriCorps program, which helped recruit and train volunteers to mentor students in fifteen cities.

Chris graduated from Amherst College with a B.A. in Chemistry and Political Science in 1985. While in college,
Chris spent a semester studying at the University of Nairobi in Kenya. He returned to the continent in 1987 to work with the South African Council of Churches in the anti-apartheid movement. Chris earned his law degree from Yale Law School and has a master’s degree in Ethics from Yale Divinity School.

Chris grew up attending Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, DE, and was an ordained elder
with West Presbyterian Church. He continues to preach regularly at houses of worship across Delaware. In
February 2019, he and Republican Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma co-chaired the 67th annual National
Prayer Breakfast, a tradition dating back to President Eisenhower that brings Americans of all backgrounds,
faiths, and political parties together through a celebration of spirituality and prayer. Chris regularly participates
in the weekly Senate Prayer Breakfast.

Chris lives in Wilmington with his wife, Annie, and their three children, Michael, Jack, and Maggie.