CHRISTOPHER GEBHARDT
Christopher is the CEO of Stir Strategy and Story, a social impact/innovation strategy and storytelling firm whose clients are corporations, foundations, NGOs, and philanthropists. Prior to founding Stir, Christopher was an executive vice president at Participant Media where he created digital arm TakePart and the impact agency TAG. Before Participant, Gebhardt ran his own startup media and marketing strategy firm with clients such as Ogilvy & Mather, Gap, Cisco, Mattel, Conservation International, LeBron James, Live Earth, and Voce, and was also head of emerging technology and innovation for Ogilvy North America and ran Ogilvy’s Digital Brands Group. He was also a brand manager at Pepsi and a consulting associate at Coopers & Lybrand.