Christopher Malagisi serves as Executive Director of Outreach for Hillsdale College’s Washington, D.C. Campus – located on Capitol Hill. As their chief engagement liaison, he leads and directs all external relations, marketing, and communications teams and initiatives, and played an integral role in the successful launch of their Van Andel Graduate School of Government.
For the last half decade, Malagisi has been responsible for increasing their overall profile and brand awareness in our nation’s capital and beyond among allied stakeholders, targeted program participants, and their enthusiastic supporters – incorporating innovative outreach initiatives, and a creative combination of marketing strategies, tactics, and platforms.
Malagisi also serves as Co-Chair of the Conservative External Relations Professionals (CERP) group whose mission is to “Connect the Connectors,” and currently has over 200 members representing over 130 influential organizations and entities in our nation’s capital. Malagisi has also consulted for leading nonprofit, educational, entertainment, and private sector companies – helping them develop strategic outreach and marketing campaigns, and online courses.
Malagisi is also a subject matter expert in the political and philosophical history of the conservative movement and taught History of the Conservative Movement as an Adjunct Instructor at the university level, regularly presents on the topic to prominent organizations and conferences, and was previously the Education Director of Conservatism 101 at The Leadership Institute.
He previously worked at the American Conservative Union as their CPAC Director & Director of External Relations in the early 2010s, was Editor in Chief of the national Conservative Book Club – a division of Salem Media and Regnery Publishing, and was Director of Political & New Media Training at The Leadership Institute. He’s worked on five presidential campaign efforts in coalition leadership positions, in democracy development at the International Republican Institute (Afghanistan), and was Founder and President of the Young Conservatives Coalition.
Malagisi has an executive track record of success and his work has been recognized and awarded. Maverick PAC awarded him their Future40 Award, stating that “in nearly two decades of work in the conservative movement and Republican politics, he has distinguished himself as an industry leader and one of the country’s most valuable and go-to external relations experts and coalition leaders.” He also received the Greek America Foundation 40 Under 40 Award for being “one of the most influential Greeks in American politics today, having been recognized for his prominent work in politics, education, media, and business.” He also received the William F. Buckley Jr. Leadership Award from America’s Future, and Campaigns & Elections Magazine profiled him as a “D.C. Mover & Shaker.”
He has been interviewed on Fox News, Fox Business, and C-SPAN, The Dennis Prager Show, The Hugh Hewitt Show, The Brian Kilmeade Show, The Larry O’Connor Show, and was a weekly reoccurring analyst on The Mike Gallagher Radio Show for three years. He’s also been published in over a dozen publications, including The Federalist, Washington Examiner, Townhall, and NPR.
He has a Master’s of Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and a dual B.A. from American University. He has completed numerous fellowships, including as a Lincoln Fellow at The Claremont Institute, Media Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, James Madison Fellow at Hillsdale College, Constitutional Fellow at The American Conservative, Political Studies Fellow at the Hertog Foundation, and at Liberty Fund. He previously served on the Board of Trustees for The Philadelphia Society, is originally from Buffalo, NY, has travelled to 44 countries, sailed around the world, and recorded two piano albums.