Chris Allen

Chris Allen is a strategist with over twenty years of political and corporate experience in communications, opposition research, policy development, and crisis management. He has worked on major political campaigns throughout the United States and counseled industry leaders and c-suite executives.

At Precision, Chris works with clients on campaign management, strategic communications, and crisis response. Prior to joining Precision, Chris served as senior advisor to Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. He oversaw the communications, research, and policy departments for the Governor’s campaigns, led media prep, and managed coordination with paid media, polling, and legal consultants.

Additionally, he was responsible for the planning and execution of Pritzker’s participation in the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Previously, Chris worked at Global Strategy Group as vice president, director of competitive intelligence leading the political and corporate opposition research team. He worked for clients ranging from hedge funds engaging in proxy board fights to leading communications and rapid response consulting for political campaigns around the country. Chris served as communications director for West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin’s 2010 campaign, research director for New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen in 2008, press secretary for the Iowa Democratic Party 2008 Caucus, and research director for Iowa Governor Chet Culver in 2006.

Born and raised on Capitol Hill, Chris graduated from Trinity College and lives in Washington
DC.