As​ ​director​ ​of​ ​communications​ ​and​ ​revenue​ ​development,​ ​Chris​ ​oversees​ ​communications​ ​and marketing​ ​initiatives​ ​delivered​ ​by​ ​NSI. She​ ​also​ ​heads​ ​revenue​ ​development​ ​for​ ​both​ ​operations​ ​and​ ​programming,​ ​working​ ​with government​ ​and​ ​private​ ​sources,​ ​and​ ​foundations.

Chris​ ​has​ ​been​ ​in​ ​communications​ ​for​ ​23​ ​years​ ​and​ ​started​ ​at​ ​NSI​ ​in​ ​2003​ ​as​ ​publicist. Through​ ​Frontier​ ​College,​ ​a​ ​national​ ​literacy​ ​organization,​ ​she​ ​volunteers​ ​at​ ​English​ ​Café​ ​helping new​ ​Canadian​ ​adults​ ​practice​ ​their​ ​English. Chris​ ​is​ ​known​ ​in​ ​the​ ​office​ ​as​ ​the​ ​‘NSI​ ​App’​ ​for​ ​her​ ​encyclopedic​ ​memory​ ​of​ ​all​ ​things​ ​NSI.​ ​She​ ​can also​ ​prove​ ​that​ ​all​ ​roads​ ​lead​ ​to​ ​the​ ​Olympics​ ​or​ ​figure​ ​skating.​ ​Seriously,​ ​ask​ ​her​ ​…