Gary (Chris) Christopherson continues to work nationally and locally on improving health, reducing vulnerability and building a better future. Currently, he develops strategy, management and policy for creating, managing and sustaining large positive change and building a better and thriving future for all forever. ThrivingFuture.org He wrote the nonfiction books Thrive! - Building a Thriving Future, Thrive! - People's Guide to a Thriving Future, Thrive! - All Thrive Forever, The Thrive! Philosophy and Thrive! Endeavor available via Amazon.com and ThrivingFuture.org. Thrive! draws on his 30+ years experience creating, managing and sustaining large positive change at national and local levels in public and private sectors. He founded HealthePeople (building a healthy and thriving future; HealthePeople.com), viaFuture (creating large positive change) and Vulnerable (minimizing vulnerability). He served as a senior leader, manager and policymaker responsible for multi-billion dollar policy, programs and budgets and thousands of employees. His public service includes: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and Senior Advisor, Department of Defense; Associate Director, Presidential Personnel, Executive Office of the President, White House; Senior Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration; Senior Advisor to Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Director for the Quality Improvement Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, DHHS; Senior Advisor to Under Secretary, Veterans Health Administration, VA; Senior Fellow and Scholar-In-Residence, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences; Chief Information Officer, Veterans Health Administration, VA; Director of Health Legislation, House Select Committee on Aging, U.S. House of Representatives. He is a sculptor of abstract art, focusing on Thrive! sculptures and creating over 150 sculptures. GChris Sculpture at GChris.com. He wrote science fiction novel black box and illustrated children's book Angel, Thriving Creator of Artful Things. Both are available via Amazon.com and GChris.com. He received his bachelor's in political science and his master's in urban and regional planning from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and did doctoral work in health policy and management at John Hopkins University School of Public Health.