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Christian Motley

Senior Vice President and Chief Program Officer


Christian Motley is the Senior Vice President and Chief Program Officer at Results for America. Previously, Christian served as Vice President, Partnerships & Community Impact, and Senior Advisor for the Opportunity Accelerator.

Prior to joining RFA, he served as the Kentucky Network Director for Unite Us, where he oversaw statewide expansion of health and social service network partners using innovative technology to track outcomes, identify gaps and support system change. Previously, Christian served as the director of policy and partnerships at StriveTogether. There he oversaw a $7 million portfolio to support a national cohort of place-based cradle to career coalitions, with a focus on facilitating urban/rural collaborations and using data and evidence to change policy across federal, state, and local government.

Christian has served in the administrations of both Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and President Barack Obama, and as government relations director for the Kentucky Education Association. A resident of Lexington, Kentucky, Christian serves as board member for the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence and Lextran, just up the road from his beloved alma mater, Berea College.