Chris is a national leader in behavioral health, having started and directed numerous behavioral health organizations, most notably leading the first behavioral chronic-condition focused program at Yale-New Haven Health-Greenwich Hospital, the behavioral sciences team at Johnson & Johnson, and IAFF Center of Excellence, an inpatient hospital which specifically helps firefighters struggling with behavioral health issues. He is also a licensed clinical psychologist, registered dietitian, and diabetes educator (CDCES), having received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Vanderbilt, MS in nutritional biochemistry from Tufts and MBA from Yale.