Georgia Department of Community Affairs
Christopher Houston has a diverse work experience spanning over multiple industries. Christopher currently serves as the Director of Outreach at the Georgia Department of Community Affairs since July 2022. Prior to that, they worked as an Independent Insurance Agent from 2020, licensed and actively selling insurance. Christopher also briefly worked as an Insurance Agent in 2021.
In 2020, Christopher worked as an Independent Adjuster at Pilot Catastrophe Service, specializing in handling insurance claims. Before that, they served as an Enterprise Account Executive at Hargray Communications, where they were responsible for managing corporate accounts.
Christopher also has a background in sales, having worked as a Business Account Consultant and later as a Business Account Executive at Comcast Business from 2017 to 2019. Christopher was responsible for helping businesses find customized communication solutions.
Christopher has also held various sales and account management roles in companies such as Sage North America, xpedx, W. W. GRAINGER, and RJ REYNOLDS TOBACCO. These roles involved building client relationships, sales, and account management.
Christopher Houston has a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications / Marketing and Financial Business Management from Eastern Michigan University.
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Georgia Department of Community Affairs
At the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, we provide financial resources and technical assistance to help communities prepare for economic development opportunities and create workforce housing. Our team has a long history of working with local leaders to develop solutions for community issues and to create opportunities for communities to succeed in growing jobs through organic, small-business growth and through the location of economic development prospects. DCA’s strengths lie in our ability to understand a community’s challenges and opportunities and to collaborate with local governments, authorities, state agencies, and non-profits to develop locally-driven solutions. Whether it’s community development grants or housing tax credits, help with planning or recruiting volunteers, everything we do at DCA shares a common goal: helping to build strong, vibrant communities. We do this through programs that include Downtown Development, Community Development Block Grants, Rental Assistance, First Time Homebuyer programs, Affordable Housing Tax Credits, Planning and Quality Growth, and many more.