A former practicing attorney, Chris is a Small Business Relationship Manager with more than five years of experience working with small business clients, helping them achieve their goals. With experience as a business owner himself, he knows first-hand the challenges – and rewards – that being an entrepreneur can bring, and is passionate about his clients’ successes. A native New Yorker, Chris came to Portland in the summer of 2000 to attend Lewis & Clark Law School, and immediately felt he was home in the Pacific Northwest.