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Who we are: Alan and Chrissie Schutz

Chrissie and Alan have been a part of Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru) since 1993. Prior to that, Alan worked as executive director for an art center and Chrissie as a paralegal. Their business backgrounds and hearts for helping leaders be transformed by and for the Gospel have uniquely prepared them to serve in marketplace ministry.

From having served on a local field team to leading as National Directors of Priority Associates (Cru’s former U.S. marketplace ministry), they found their niche in coaching/discipling the leaders of developing city ministries around the country and the world. In 2013, they were asked to be a part of a unique team to develop and pilot a new Cru program for leaders internationally.  The program, now called the Cities Project Global, was successful and began to develop initially in Africa and in Brazil, where Alan and Chrissie traveled frequently to assure quality program advancement. In 2018, Alan shifted to Associate Staff status (volunteer) with Cru in order to serve Lifework Leadership Orlando as a local ministry expression engaging marketplace leaders. Chrissie remains in her full-time role with Cru.

Current priorities for Cities Project Global have a strong focus on scaling the process and curriculum to be available in the top 700 population centers/cities in the world by 2030. Currently, Chrissie serves as Chief Operations Director for CPG, and Alan writes curriculum and coaches globally. Initially, pandemic travel concerns seemed to stall global expansion plans - instead, pivoting to utilize Zoom with a dozen worldwide cities engaged, we are poised to initiate 6 new cities in 2021/22 led by volunteers.

Chrissie and Alan have been married for 39 years and have two grown children - Elizabeth, a teacher in NYC, and Zach, an attorney in Washington DC.

What we do:  The Cities Project

Website: https://citiesprojectglobal.com/