Brent Christopher

President, Children’s Medical Center Foundation

Brent Christopher serves as President, Children’s Medical Center Foundation. He leads a team focused on fundraising in support of Children’s Health℠ and its components: Children’s Medical Center Dallas and Plano, specialty centers and the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern.

Brent joined Children’s Health in 2016, after 11 years of service as President and Chief Executive Officer of Communities Foundation of Texas, one of the largest community foundations in the country. During his tenure, Brent launched and grew North Texas Giving Day into a fundraising movement that has become one of the largest community-wide giving events in the country.

Brent holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Public Administration and Economics from Baylor University. He earned his master’s in political economy and political culture at the University of Nottingham in England. Brent earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas School of Law.