Chris holds a B.A. and M.A. in Theological Studies from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he also worked as the Special Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs and Assistant Director of First Year Programs from 2001-2005. From 2005-2017, Chris served as the Director of Admissions, Director of Leadership Development, and Associate Director of Formation at Servite High School, an all-boys Catholic high school in Anaheim, CA. While doing research for the founding of the Formation Program at Servite, Chris discovered the nationwide renewal taking place within Catholic education rooted in a rediscovery of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. Since then, Chris has served as the Vice President for the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education, Assistant Principal of Holy Innocents School in Long Beach, and President of Servite High School. He and his wife, Annie, live in Long Beach and have three children, Mary Elizabeth, Magdalena, and William.