About Thrive!

About Thrive!

About Thrive!

Thrive!, founded by Gary "Chris" Christopherson, is the call to action with a vision and a mission for those wanting to build and sustain a thriving future for all. It is a vast, sustained human endeavor for building and sustaining a thriving future for all forever.

Thrive! ^® is trademarked by Gary Christopherson.

Supporting the Thrive! mission and also founded by Gary Christopherson are "viaFuture", "HealthePeople" and "Vulnerable". Their foundation is based on decades of advocacy in and out of government.

Supporting this endeavor, "viaFuture" strategies and models have been developed from 30+ years of experience at the local and national levels.

viaFuture has been used for the following: the White House, Congress, inner city health system, Department of Defense's Military Health System, Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health System and Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services. (Bio)

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Gary "Chris" Christopherson, Founder

Over his career, he has worked at the national and local levels on building better and thriving futures, large and positive change, person-centered, community, vulnerability, health and human services, policy, systems, models, performance, reform and management. (Bio)

For decades, he has strongly advocated the Thrive! vision. His strategic, policy, management, performance, and advocacy work spans his service both inside and outside of government. His primary work to-date has been with creating and sustaining large scale, positive change and building a better future.

He is also sculptor of abstract art (GChris.com) and the author of a science fiction novel and children's book (Amazon.com).

Past Public Service: (Bio)

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, DoD
Senior Advisor to Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, DHHS
Fellow, National Academy for Public Administration [current]
Senior Fellow and Scholar-in-Residence, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
Associate Director, Presidential Personnel, Executive Office of the President, White House
Chief Information Officer, Veterans Health Administration, VA
Senior Advisor to Under Secretary, Veterans Health Administration, VA
Director of Health Legislation, House Select Committee on Aging, U.S. House of Representatives
Deputy Director, Quality Improvement Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, DHHS
Senior Advisor to Assistant Secretaries of Defense for Health Affairs and for Reserve Affairs, DoD
Deputy Director, Municipal Health Services Program (funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and based at John Hopkins Medical Institutions)
Director of Special Projects, Director of Municipal Health Services Program, Director of Mother and Infant Care Project, and Director of Project Life, City of Milwaukee Health Department
States Coordinator, National High Blood Pressure Education Program