The Thrive! Endeavor(R) Second Book In Thrive! Series Since the beginning of this universe, I watch. Over untold years and across untold worlds, I watched as things began, developed, matured, began dying, died and then began again. Each world is unique as is each inhabitant of each world. That continues to fascinate me. Each person, each community and each world is different and always should and will be. As I watch this universe, I continuously look for those who are interesting with large positive potential. On Earth alone, there are so many creatures. On earth, humans are the most interesting for both their negatives and positives. So much potential and yet their current path is filled with vulnerability, destruction and failings. Their future is at high risk. But the positive potential is there. If they can just find it. If they just use it. If they can and want to achieve their full potential, they will have a much better future. If a truly better future is Earth's people's choice, the Thrive! Endeavor(R) provides the hope for the ultimate, positive future - All Thrive Forever(R).
Author Biography:
Gary "Chris" Christopherson has a public service career spanning over 40 years. Throughout his career, he worked on national issues on building a thriving and surviving future, on health and human service strategy, policy, systems, and management and on reducing vulnerability and improving health. Most recently he independently develops strategy, management, policy, models and tools for building a thriving and surviving future for all people, communities, countries and globally. This work can be seen at ThrivingFuture.org and draws from 30+ years of experience in creating, managing, evaluating and sustaining large, positive and timely change at national and local levels in public and private sectors. He wrote and published several public policy books (ThrivingFuture.org). His national and local public service includes: Associate Director, Presidential Personnel, Executive Office of the President, White House; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, DoD; Senior Advisor to the Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, DHHS; Senior Fellow, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences; Chief Information Officer (CIO), Veterans Health Administration, VA; and Director of Health Legislation, House Select Committee on Aging, U.S. House of Representatives. He served both as political and career appointee. Most of his Federal career was as member of the Senior Executive Service. He is an elected Senior Fellow of National Academy of Public Administration. His art and writing career, where he is known as Chris and uses the signature "GChris", also spans 40+ years. He is a sculptor of abstract art, focusing on mobile and stabile sculptures and creating over 200 sculptures, primarily working in wood and copper. GChris sculpture is mission-driven toward reducing vulnerability and building a thriving future for all forever. He wrote and published science fiction novels The Thrive! Endeavor and black box and children's books Angel, Creator of Artful Things and T!rrific [terrific] - What will you do to thrive? He lives in the Village of Nelson, WI and spent 30 years in University Park, MD in the greater Washington DC area. He graduated from University of Wisconsin (Madison) with a Bachelor's in Political Science and a Master's in Urban and Regional Planning. He also studied toward a doctoral degree at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (Baltimore, MD).
