About the Author
Chris Nowinski is best known as a former professional wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment. He debuted on WWE’s flagship program Monday Night RAW in 2002, when he was named "Newcomer of the Year" by RAW Magazine, and was the youngest male Hardcore Champion in WWE history before his career was interrupted, and likely ended, in 2003 by multiple concussions. He now serves as the political correspondent for the WWE's award-winning Smackdown Your Vote! campaign, an effort to encourage Americans ages 18-30 to register and vote. He hosts a podcast series, The Nowinski Perspective, in which he speaks with elected officials and representatives of youth voting organizations about the issues affecting young adults. The Youth Vote Coalition recently named him one of "30 Under 30," an award honoring 30 people under the age of 30 that are impacting politics.
Chris was a three-year letterman and two-year starter at defensive tackle for the Harvard University football team, where he graduated cum laude with a degree in sociology in 2000. A member of the 1997 Ivy League Championship team, he was named Honorable Mention All-Ivy after his junior season, and 2nd Team All-Ivy as a senior. He played four sports in high school, and captained the football and basketball teams his senior year.
Chris often speaks at conferences and schools about his experience and research. In 2004 and 2006 he spoke on the epidemiology of sports concussion at the Sports Related Conference on Concussion and Spine Injury in Boston, sponsored by Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Neurological Sports Injury Center. He was the keynote speaker at the Massachusetts Brain Injury Association’s 2006 Sports Concussion Conference.
Chris is currently a consultant with Trinity Partners in Waltham, MA, where he specializes in commercial strategy and licensing and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. He lives in Boston.
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