Chris Marvin is the principal for Marvin Strategies, a strategic communications firm specializing in cultural advocacy through socially-minded narrative building for organizations and campaigns. An expert on collaborative leadership, Chris relies on professional experience that combines military service, entrepreneurship, and social innovation. He has led multiple efforts to create large-scale cultural change through collaboration between nonprofits, government, foundations, film & television, and corporations.
Previously, Chris founded the Got Your 6 campaign to advocate for accurate portrayals of military veterans in film, television, and popular media. He served for seven years as a U.S. Army officer and Black Hawk helicopter pilot and is a combat-wounded veteran of the war in Afghanistan. He has been a contributor to MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, National Public Radio, and Huffington Post.
Chris holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Based in Honolulu, Marvin Strategies is certified by the Small Business Association as a service-disable veteran owned small business.
Expertise
Marvin Strategies builds cultural advocacy strategies that change minds and solve social problems. The firm develops communications blueprints for clients that deliver fresh messages to new audiences, impact public sentiment, and modify behaviors. Areas of focus include:
Cultural advocacy
- movement building
- network weaving
- stakeholder engagement
- long-term campaign support
Program development
- implementation plans
- measurement & evaluation
Media production services
- narrative building
- film production
- impact campaigns for film and television
Select clients include:
- Everytown for Gun Safety
- HBO
- Crooked Media
- USO
- Presidio Trust
- HISTORY / A+E Networks
- Bipartisan Policy Center
- Bob Woodruff Foundation
- National Conference on Citizenship
- Military Child Education Coalition
- Thoughtful Robot Productions
- Hu Honua Bioenergy
Phone: (808) 561-4846
Website: www.marvinstrategies.com
Address:
City, State, Zip: Honolulu, HI