Chris Compton
Senior Writer | LA
Expert
Chris Compton serves as Senior Writer at Fenton, where he uses his experience with nonprofits and philanthropy to create stories that spark empathy, engagement, and action on a wide range of progressive issues. He helps drive narrative strategies and crafts written content that helps clients effect lasting, positive change.
Chris strives to connect to the head and the heart, telling diverse stories that create common ground. He comes to Fenton from the California College Guidance Initiative, where he helped advocate for equity-focused education policies and provide data-driven college and career tools to students. Before that, he spent nearly a decade with the California Community Foundation, where he worked to engage donors and move the needle on affordable housing, immigration, healthcare, and education in Los Angeles.