Christa Mannarino

Christa Mannarino has over 20 years of work experience in various roles. Christa currently serves as the Chief Marketing and Development Officer at Signal Centers, Inc. Christa'sprevious experience includes owning and operating Mannarino Consulting, where they specialized in nonprofit capacity building, organizational management, financial planning, and fundraising. Christa also worked as an Adjunct Nonprofit Instructor at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and as the Executive Director of Advancement and the Foundation at Cleveland State Community College. Earlier in their career, they served as the Director of Development at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and as the Executive Director of the Association for Visual Arts (501c3). Additionally, they worked as an Art Director at Remington Industries, where they managed designers, vendors, and national licenses.

Christa Mannarino obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Graphic Design/Marketing from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, between 1985 and 1989. Christa later pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Business Administration at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from 2006 to 2008. In November 2008, they also obtained the Certified Fundraising Executive certification from CFRE International.