Chris Thrasher

Christian serves as chief executive officer of the Overdose Response Network within the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) at the Clinton Foundation. In this capacity, Chris oversees all of the Foundation’s efforts helping to address the substance use disorders. Two of the cornerstone initiatives of this work at the foundation is working with communities and their foundation partners to ensure that naloxone (the lifesaving opioid overdose reversal drug) is widely available, accessible, and affordable. Another cornerstone initiative is CHMI’s Empowering Faith Leaders program.

Before joining the Clinton Foundation, Chris served as the senior vice president of behavioral health at Sharecare, a comprehensive health and wellness engagement platform. Prior to Sharecare, Chris served in several leadership roles over 14 years in the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2003, Chris founded and became director of the Center of Excellence for Sexual Health (CESH). In addition, Chris was a member of the faculty at MSM within the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine.

Chris earned a bachelor’s in communications and psychology from the State University College of Fredonia in New York and a master’s in human sexuality, marriage and family relations from New York University. Chris is a certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor with the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare as well as a certified Sexuality Counselor and Sexuality Educator by The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists. Since December 17, 1989, Chris has been living in long-term recovery a day at a time.