Chris Kobdish is currently the Chief Strategy Officer at Unity Care NW, where she leads efforts identifying and working to meet community needs for vulnerable populations. She has over 20 years of fundraising, public relations, and marketing experience. Prior to her current position at UCNW, Chris built a nationally recognized development, public policy, and community education team in the non-profit sector.
Chris is a member of the Bellingham/Whatcom Commission on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, which works to achieve systemic change in sexual and domestic violence response, a member of the Whatcom County Public Health Advisory Board, and a member of the Whatcom Has HOPE (Heroin and Other Opioid Prevention and Education) Task Force. She was a 2020 Geiger Gibson Health Policy Fellow at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University and was a Western Washington University Community Engagement Fellow from 2018 to 2019.
Before moving to Washington, Chris was an independent filmmaker and owned and operated her own turn-key marketing agency in Dallas, Texas. Chris earned her Bachelor of Science in Communications from the University of Texas at Austin.
End of Second Term: 06/30/2027