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:
Tom Matzzie, CEO of CleanChoice Energy, discusses how the Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC spent $1.1 million to defeat Representative Chip Roy in a Texas Republican primary — and why $100 million in political firepower may be what the clean energy industry needs to survive.
E&E News quoted Echo Founder and President Chris Moyer on how the clean energy industry is engaging in electoral campaigns.
Chip Roy, the ardent anti-clean energy attorney general candidate — better known in Washington as a House Freedom Caucus leader — looked like a shoo-in for Texas’ top law enforcement job. Fast forward three months, and Roy’s political career is over
Shifting tides of clean energy politics, from Tim Pawlenty’s new leadership at SEIA to the urgent need for the industry to build the political power necessary to survive a post-tax-credit environment.
