About Chris:
Chris has spent nearly two decades advising high-profile leaders and shaping federal and state policies through strategic communications.
With deep experience across the electoral, legislative, and regulatory landscape, he has advised top-tier presidential, U.S. Senate, and gubernatorial campaigns advancing forward-thinking climate policies. He has worked with state attorneys general fighting harmful federal climate rollbacks and supported advocacy organizations accelerating the energy transition.
Chris served as a communications advisor to former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, helping to communicate about the implementation of more than $90 billion in renewable energy programs. He has also guided clients seeking inclusion of their priority policies in major federal climate legislation, including the Inflation Reduction Act, and led strategic communications efforts that helped secure a highly competitive $5 billion EPA grant.
He has worked for three U.S. Senators, most recently leading communications for Senator Cory Booker’s presidential campaign in New Hampshire before launching Echo Communications Advisors in 2020. Chris was named one of Washingtonian’s 500 Most Influential People of 2025 for shaping climate and environment policy. His insights on climate and energy policy developments have been featured in The New York Times, Politico, Axios, Bloomberg, E&E News, Heatmap News, Reuters, Inside Climate News, and elsewhere.
Chris is a graduate of Boston University’s College of Communication. He lives in Maryland with his family.
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Chris’ Recent Publications:
Maryland utility bills are up more than 15% in a year. Governor Wes Moore joins us to talk about his push with PJM, holding data centers accountable, and keeping Maryland's offshore wind projects alive.
Chris Moyer, the president of the clean energy-focused Echo Communications, who is not affiliated with the ITC PAC, said the group is “kind of playing the bad cop to the trade associations’ good cop.”
Echo's new VP Ella Nilsen spent five years covering climate and energy at CNN. She talks with Chris Moyer about her move into public affairs, why energy affordability has become a defining political issue, and what clean energy leaders get wrong when they stop telling their own story.
Martin Heinrich already leads Senate Democrats on energy policy. Now that New Mexico is voting fourth in the 2028 presidential primary, his influence over clean energy, water and public lands is about to grow even further.
Ella Nilsen recently left CNN's climate desk to join Echo Communications as a Vice President. She talks with Heatmap about the move from journalism to clean energy PR.
