Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Chris has enjoyed a diverse career in the hospitality industry. Chris began his hotel career on the Las Vegas strip, serving as a National Sales Manager at MGM Grand’s Las Vegas hotel where he worked with clients whose conferences and events ranged from 20 to 15,000 people. Chris also served as Account Director at Visit Seattle, held leadership roles for the Sheraton Seattle Hotel, and oversaw a hotel portfolio of 7 hotels and 15 food and beverage outlets throughout the northwest as Regional Director for RL Hotels.

More recently, Chris was the Managing Director of Metis, Mergers and Acquisitions, leading the firm’s hospitality practice. In his time at Metis, Chris successfully advised his clients on over 30 capital transactions, all in the hospitality and wine industries.

Chris is an active member of the Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association, the Washington Hospitality Association, and has served on executive committees for industry organizations MPI and PCMA. Chris graduated with distinction from Whitman College, with honors into Beta Gamma Sigma through his MBA from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington, and has a post-graduate certificate in Mergers and Acquisitions from Columbia Business School.

Chris is married and has three kids. He enjoys coaching his kids in sports and traveling the world with his wife.  He can be found most weekends in the winter skiing with his kids and all other months playing golf, tennis, or cycling. An amateur chef forever in training, Chris dreams of one day going to culinary school.