Our Team: Chris Murchison, M.Ed.
Chris Murchison, M.Ed.
Vice President, Staff Development, Learning and Innovation
Chris Murchison is responsible for cultivating an agency culture that values learning, innovation and informed risk taking to support HopeLab’s work.
At HopeLab, Chris has led a strategic staff expansion to support a focused portfolio of work. He also has led the creation and documentation of principles and practices that serve as a resource to guide staff and organizational development and embed HopeLab’s core values into the everyday practices of the organization. Chris also has initiated an innovative, research-based health and wellness program at HopeLab that emphasizes energy, engagement and personal fulfillment to significantly increase staff’s capacity to get things done, enhancing productivity and quality of life in the workplace and beyond.
Chris is a human resources professional with over 15 years experience in the public and private sectors. From 2000 to 2004, he was with Charles Schwab Corporation in San Francisco, where he was Director of Talent Management and Development after first serving as Senior Manager, Schwab Technology Education. His experience also includes nine years at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was Academic Program Coordinator from 1991 to 1996 and Manager of the Staff Internship Program from 1996 to 2000. Chris was Director of the Residential Leadership/First-Year Program at St. Lawrence University from 1988 to 1991. Chris was a member of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation Board of Directors from 1997 to 2003, serving as Vice Chair from 1999 to 2001.
Chris received his B.A., with honors, in Biology from Earlham College in 1985 and his M.Ed. in Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, with honors, from the University of Vermont in 1988.