Chrissy Kreisel oversees corporate & community fundraising and relations nationally for the Gary Sinise Foundation. Chrissy joined the foundation with over 15 years of corporate experience in New York City, with the last 10 years spent in Public Relations at Tishman Speyer, a global real estate development company. There she successfully managed the company’s strategic partnerships, charitable contributions, non-profit relations, and handled VIP event coordination for hundreds of high-level corporate events. One of her greatest career accomplishments was working extremely close with national and local non-profit and city organizations to build a volunteerism program from the ground up for the thousands of tenants and employees across the globe.

Chrissy brings her background and passion for civic service to the Gary Sinise Foundation, whose mission truly speaks to her. Besides working extremely close with the NYPD, FDNY, and several 9/11 centric non-profits over the span of her career, Chrissy’s maternal grandfather served in the Korean War and her paternal grandfather was a WWII veteran who started the 132nd infantry's first combat band called The Jungle Cats.