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About
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. T!, the
icon for Thrive!,
Supporting the
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.
Thrive!®, Thrive!
Endeavor®, All Thrive Forever®, T!®
and What will you do?® are trademarks of Gary A.
Christopherson. They are trademarked for public advocacy to
promote awareness of the need for positive and integrative
decision-making in the fields of public policy, public
administration, healthcare and healthcare reform for the
purpose of creating and sustaining positive change and a
better, thriving future for communities on the local, state,
regional and national levels.
Supporting this endeavor, Thrive! Next Generation Toolkit
strategies and models have been developed
from 30+ years of experience at the local and national levels.
They have 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.
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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.
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.
He has authored several nonfiction books,
including Thrive! - People's
Guide to Thriving Future
[Free Dnld] and
Thrive! - Building a Thriving Future for All [Free Dnld] Also available via
Amazon.com
He is a sculptor of abstract
art (GChris.com), having
created over 200 sculptures.
He also authored two science
fiction novels - The Thrive!
Endeavor and
black box and three children's books -
Thrive or Not to Thrive? -
Tale of Two Tomorrows,
T!rrific [terrific] - What
will you do to thrive? and
Angel, Thriving Creator of
Artful Things. (Amazon.com).
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Past Public Service: (Bio)
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Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs, DoD
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Senior Advisor to Chief
Operating Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services, DHHS
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Fellow, National Academy for
Public Administration [current]
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Senior Fellow and
Scholar-in-Residence, Institute of Medicine, National
Academy of Sciences
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Associate Director,
Presidential Personnel, Executive Office of the
President, White House
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Chief Information Officer,
Veterans Health Administration, VA Senior Advisor to
Under Secretary, Veterans Health Administration, VA
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Director of Health Legislation,
House Select Committee on Aging, U.S. House of
Representatives
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Deputy Director, Quality
Improvement Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services, DHHS
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Senior Advisor to Assistant
Secretaries of Defense for Health Affairs and for
Reserve Affairs, DoD
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Deputy Director, Municipal
Health Services Program (funded by The Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation and based at John Hopkins Medical
Institutions)
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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
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States Coordinator, National
High Blood Pressure Education Program
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