Chris Williams was born and raised in New Orleans' Gentilly community- an area decimated by levee failures during Hurricane Katrina. After Katrina Chris was inspired to be a community organizer and began his career in Ohio in 2008 with the AFLCIO- Working America affiliate. He has gone on to organize around the country for different political campaigns from Barack Obama to most recently Kamala Harris. Chris has seen up close and personal the impacts on the environment brought about by climate change and is committed to organize groups to impact policies affecting the most vulnerable communities.