Christine Gavin

Founder & CEO

Christine  Gavin is the Founder and CEO of one of the longest-serving  American female-owned philanthropic consulting firms and social enterprises in the United States.

Driven by a deeply empathetic spirit, enlightened through years of work that have taken her worldwide, Christine is an unshakable advocate for humanity and egalitarian consiousness, especially where there is a greater need for the intersection of both.

After years of living abroad, her interludes between the US, Europe, and Asia and her current work in Africa have broadened her understanding of how humanity operates and how we can still “become” better humans. She believes that no mind is changed and no opinion is swayed by the duality of black and white, us vs. them, binary thinking that is so pervasive today. Instead, compassion is at the root of understanding, and appealing to each other’s greater humanity requires kindness, politeness, patience, self-control, gentleness, and an authentic desire to acknowledge each other’s understanding of life.

A global humanist, student, and teacher of society’s shared humanity, with over $600M  in successful fundraising campaigns, Christine has positioned 2025-2026 as an unparalleled year of impactful endeavors. 

Christine now looks towards artfully styled growth and leadership environments with a positive freshness and thought-provoking mindset with programming that propels inspiration and generosity.

After 1,000 personal hours on her yoga mat, Christine has recently become a Certified Yin Yoga Teacher and Breathwork Instructor.  Christine Gavin and Company has now introduced Body & Christ Yoga to its body of work by offering Yoga and Breathwork workshops focusing on Kinesiology, Anatomy, Epigenetics, Physiology, and Psychology to help people naturally obtain a state of health and well-being.

As her philanthropic reach has grown, so has her team. Since 2021, Christine has armed her firm with the highest caliber of charitable investment enthusiasts—mission thinkers, grant writers, photojournalists, artists, storytellers, and videographers—an award-winning, driven, creatively minded fundraising team pursuing impact at the highest level.

With the right team for the work, she dusted off her degree in Criminal Justice and is prepping the firm for a full-throttle investment in transforming the impact of supporting prison reentry programs and foundational families through community innovations, specifically building platforms for the voices of change emerging from Generation Z.

With clients that reach from the United States and Africa to Afghanistan, the next few years will mark unsurpassed activity for the firm on a global scale. To meet the clients’ needs, the firm has expanded location touchpoints in Chicago, Ohio, and Detroit and, as of 2022, has opened an additional hub in Kampala, Uganda. Despite the problems that plague these cities, they also possess a living spirit that sets the foundation for innovative and uniquely impactful work. From Arts expansion projects in Detroit to addressing crime in Southside, Chicago, from building sports complexes and youth health programs in Uganda to eradicating child sex trafficking in the Middle East, Christine fearlessly pursues opportunities and projects that seek to bring the fullness of God’s Light.