Chris Casey

Chris builds networks of advocacy leaders and develops campaigns around the causes they promote to generate support and move their desired change forward.

Chris joined Netcentric Campaigns in November 2011 and immediately oversaw the launch of the Moving Maryland Forward Network (MMFN), a project funded by the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation to support progressive change in the Old Line State. MMFN brings together advocates who work on a diverse array of issues in Maryland. Through collaboration and the use of online advocacy, these leaders generate grassroots support and advance their causes. The network has created strong, powerful connections among a growing group of Maryland’s most influential and effective advocates. MMFN campaigns have included successful efforts to promote marriage equality, increase the minimum wage and ban the death penalty, as well as pushes to address foreclosure reform and raise awareness of human trafficking.

In addition, Chris is currently charged with launching the new Halt the Harm advocacy network, which will connect and support advocates nationwide who are working to address the negative impacts of fracking. Leaders working in the field, as well as individuals who have been negatively impacted by fracking, will be able to share and develop needed resources to collectively enhance their efforts to address the dangers of fracking in their communities.

Chris long has been in a leader in the arena of online politics. In 1994, Chris helped Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) become the first member of Congress to have a website. He then worked with the Democratic Technology and Communications Committee to bring the rest of the Senate Democratic Caucus online. In 2000, Chris left Capitol Hill to run his own successful Internet consulting business that helped Democratic candidates and officeholders to utilize the Internet. He then spent seven years as the Director of New Media Services at the political technology firm NGP VAN.

Chris’ work has been honored with industry awards such as Pollie, Golden Dot, and Reed. Website Magazine named Chris as one of “The 100 Most Influential People on The World Wide Web” in 1996, and Politics Online named him as one of “The 25 Who Are Changing The World of Internet and Politics” in 2000. He is the author of the book The Hill on the Net: Congress Enters the Information Age.

A Virginian by birth and a Californian by upbringing (Navy Dad), Chris graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1987 with a degree in political science. He enjoys researching his family tree, running, hiking, brewing and drinking beer, and spending time with his wife and three children (not necessarily in that order).