Christopher Malagisi is currently an Adjunct Professor at American University for the School of Public Affairs and teaches two courses -GOVT-326:History of the Conservative Movement:1945-Present and Campaigns & Political Activism. Malagisi is also a proud AU alum graduating in 2003 with a B.A. in Political Science and CLEG, and completed the competitive four-year SPA Leadership Program. He also received a Masters of Public Administration (M.P.A.) from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, concentrating in political management and public policy.
Malagisi currently serves as the CPAC Director for The American Conservative Union (ACU) – the nation’s oldest conservative movement organization that hosts the largest gathering of conservatives each year at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), and releases the annual ACU Ratings of Congress – a yearly score earned by Members of Congress based on their conservative voting record.
Malagisi was awarded the “2009 Rising Star Award” from Campaigns & Elections Magazine for significant achievements in national politics and was profiled in 2011 as a DC "Mover & Shaker." He has appeared on FoxNews, CNN, MSNBC, FoxBusiness and CSPAN as a political analyst, is frequently published, recently completed a fellowship with theNational ReviewInstitute, and is currently a Foreign Policy Initiative Fellow.
He is also President & Founder of the Young Conservatives Coalition – a DC-based, young professional conservative leadership, educational and networking organization, which also organizes the nation’s largest annual gathering of young conservatives – Reaganpalooza.
He most recently was the Director of Political & New Media Training at The Leadership Institute – a national conservative political training organization, personally training over 5,000 candidates, organizations, and activists. He has formally worked on three US presidential campaigns, a high-profile US Senate campaign, the International Republican Institute (travelling to Afghanistan), Capitol Hill, and the College Republican National Committee.
He is an alumni of Semester at Sea (sailing around the world), is an officer with the Republican Party of Virginia, is originally from Buffalo, NY and has recorded two original piano albums.