With over 30 years of horticultural and consumer product experience, including nine years as President and CEO of a Lawn & Garden sales and marketing firm in Chicago, Chris brings unique strategic marketing, management, and succession planning expertise to BEST. He leads our Retained Executive Search in CPG, Marketing, Retail/Wholesale, and several of our Business Advisory Services.

As the former leader of a multi-generational family-held company, he closely defined the business ownership succession, gaining deep insight into the legal, financial, strategic, and emotional challenges of multiple family stakeholders. Since then, he has helped many owners transition from their businesses via family succession, internal transfer, ESOP, or a third-party sale.

Chris is a member of AmericanHort, FNGLA, and the NHPA. He has also authored many articles on succession and exit planning in industry publications. He has been a speaker and seminar host multiple times at Cultivate, Farwest, TPIE, The Garden Center Show, and the GROW Executive Conference. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Marquette University and an MBA from Saint Louis University.