Christopher Glista

Christopher Glista has over 20 years of work experience in contracts management. Christopher began their career as a Contracts Specialist at Naval Air Systems Command in 1999 and worked there until 2000. Christopher then joined CACI International Inc as a Contracts Specialist from 2000 to 2004. From 2004 to 2019, they served as a Contracting Officer at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Currently, they are the Chief of Contracts at Space Development Agency since 2019.

Christopher Glista received a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) in International Relations from Georgetown University, where they studied from 1995 to 1999. Following this, they pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in International Business at The Johns Hopkins University from 2000 to 2004.