Christopher Pearsall

Christopher brings over 15 years of experience in strategic partnerships that help healthcare and education nonprofits bring their ambitious missions to life. As Chief of Staff at Crisis Text Line, Christopher is responsible for helping the organization’s leadership set strategy, develop efficient processes, tell the story of our work, and strengthen relationships with our texters and supporters. 

Prior to joining Crisis Text Line, Christopher served as Special Assistant to the CEO and Vice President of Brand and Communications at the education nonprofit DonorsChoose. During his ten year tenure at DonorsChoose, Christopher helped the organization raise over $1 billion to support U.S. public school educators, in partnership with some of the world’s best known brands including Google, Disney, Amazon, Allstate, and the Gates Foundation. He pioneered the organization’s disaster response model that raised millions for schools impacted by hurricanes, floods, and wildfires, oversaw the development of an award-winning brand refresh, directed communications for the world’s largest donation of cryptocurrency, and built media relationships that generated coverage on Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, The New York Times, and Fast Company. Christopher also collaborated with senior leadership to develop some of the organization’s most groundbreaking initiatives, including its approach to addressing racial and socioeconomic inequity in education funding.

Before DonorsChoose, Christopher was a public relations professional at Magellan Health and the global PR agency MSL, where he supported clients with media strategy, built partnerships between healthcare companies and nonprofits, and produced events everywhere from the Sundance Film Festival to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Christopher graduated summa cum laude from Ithaca College with a bachelor’s degree in organizational communication, management, and design.