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Chris Zimmerman

Vice President, Finance and Operations
Chris brings a wealth of experience in building strong financial and operational foundations and driving growth across numerous industries both in the mission driven and for-profit space.
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Chris previously served as Chief Financial Officer of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative, a national non-profit dedicated to creating healthy, safe and energy efficient homes, as well as the Children’s Guild, an education non-profit dedicated to serving at-risk children and families.

Prior to his time leading mission driven organizations, Chris spent over a decade in consulting, serving as a trusted advisor to C-Suite executives at numerous Fortune 500 companies for CrossCountry Consulting, FTI Consulting, and Accenture developing his blueprint for building and maintaining rigorous financial and operational infrastructure. Chris then deployed that blueprint at Diligent Corporation, leading the enterprise infrastructure buildout of the private equity backed SaaS company driving 400% revenue growth in five years.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame as well as an Masters in Business Administration in Finance and Strategy from the Olin School at Washington University in St. Louis.

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