A lifelong student, Chris worked his way through college to graduate from Villanova University in 1992 with a degree in Business Administration and a minor in English. He thus became the first person in his family to graduate from college, and later went on to earn his MBA. His true passion is helping others, which led to his first career as a firefighter/EMT. Besides his career in this field, Chris was a volunteer for 20 years, holding leadership positions at several emergency organizations including EMS lieutenant, captain, and serving on the Board of Directors of the Media Fire Company. During college, he was a founding member and Training Officer of the Villanova University EMS. Chris joined the Gift of Life Donor Program in 1995, coordinating organ and tissue donations and transplants throughout Delaware, South Jersey, and Eastern Pennsylvania. He specializes in creating excellent relationships with the region’s medical examiner community and lectures before regional, national, and international organizations on the subject. Chris and his wife Julia have been the proud parents of nearly a dozen foster children, and also love hiking with their dogs. They live in Brandywine Hundred, where Chris has been the Republican Chair of his legislative district.