Candidate, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, District 200, 2022, 2024

Member, Finance Committee, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 2017-2018, 2021-Present

Representative, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, District 200, 2017-Present

Member, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

Member, Commerce Committee

Member, Finance Committee

Member, Judiciary Committee

Member, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 2017-2018, 2021-Present

Vice Chair, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 2019-2020

Chair, Commerce Subcommittee on Financial Services and Banking, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 2019-2020

Secretary, Finance Committee, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 2019-2020

Member, Judiciary Committee, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 2019-Present

Member, State Government Committee, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 2017-2018

Member, Urban Affairs Committee, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 2017-2018

Member, Commerce Committee, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 2017-Present

Member, Board of Directors, National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, 2019-Present

Vice Chair Board of Directors, Race Forward (formerly Applied Research Center), 2008-2019

Adjunct Professor, Institute for Strategic Leadership, Drexel University's LeBow College of Business, 2016

Adjunct Faculty Member, Fox School of Business at Temple University, 2012-2015

Social Impact Fellow, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute, Fox School of Business at Temple University, 2014-2015

Social Entrepreneur in Residence, Fox School of Business at Temple University, 2012-2014

Fellow, Demos, 2009-2013

Executive Team Member, ImprovEdge, 2006-2013

Adjunct Faculty Member, Philadelphia University, 2012

Fellow, Philadelphia University Sustainable Design, 2012

Visiting Researcher, Princeton University, 2009-2011

Author, "Invisible Capital: How Unseen Forces Shape Entrepreneurial Opportunity", 2010

Founder/Chief Evangelist, Afro-Netizen, 1999-2009

Member, The Media Consortium, 2006-2009

Sense-Making Fellow, The Poynter Institute, 2009

Board Member/Executive Committee Member, Afro-American Newspaper Company, 1997-2007

Contributor, Personaldemocracy.com, 2005-2007

Vice President, The Enterprise Center Entrepreneurial Programs, 2002-2003

CEO/Co-Founder, Stono Technologies, Limited Liability Corporation, 1995-2001

Principal, Visceral Ventures Limited Liability Company, 2000-Present

Board Member, Mount Auburn Cemetery Corporation, 1996-1999

Participant, The Runners' Club Entrepreneurial Program, 1996-1997

Co-Founder/Administrator, Yale Black Alumni Network, 1996-Present

Former Writer/Trainer, White House Conference on Small Business, 1994-1995

Legislative Staffer, United States Senator Carol Moseley Braun, 1993-1994

Acting South American Coordinator, Design Diaspora Traveling Exhibition, 1992-1993

Alumnus/Counselor, Leadership Education And Development (LEAD) Program in Business, 1987-1992

Corporate Fellow, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1992

Member, Board of Directors, Friends of the Wissahickon, Present

Board Member, Executive Committee, Bread & Roses Community Fund, 2007-2014

Member, Progressive Communicators Network (PCN), 2006-2009

Awards:

2013 BMe Leadership Award
Knight Foundation
May 2013
I received the highest grant award from the Knight Foundation to continue my work teaching the fundamentals of commonwealth entrepreneurship and invisible capital to low-wealth individuals through cutting-edge workshops, seminars and webinars in the Greater Philadelphia area.

Priority Issues:

Chris's priorities are full and fair funding for public schools, broad inclusion and social equity for all Pennsylvanians, improved incentives for local businesses to create good, living wage jobs and restoring public integrity and accountability in government.

Publications:

Invisible Capital: How Unseen Forces Shape Entrepreneurial Opportunity
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
October 2010
This book is about all the things that impact business viability when hard work, a great idea, and a good attitude are simply not enough.

Invisible Capital and Why We Need to Democratize Entrepreneurial Opportunity
The European Business Review
April 2010
Authors: Chris Rabb