Chris Pope is a Certified Commercial Investment Member [CCIM] with over 15 years of experience in business and property ownership in Southwest Montana., and now working with NAI Landmark Commercial Real Estate Services in Bozeman, MT. Chris has deep roots in the Northeast and grew up in Bedford, New York. Chris received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon, and a Masters in Public and Private Management from Yale University in 1988. After graduation, he lived in Washington DC and was a marketing manager for a renewable energy subsidiary of Amoco Corporation in Rockwell, Maryland, before moving to Bozeman in 1991. Chris founded and managed a profitable multiple-location retail company operating in Montana and Utah. Chris has also owned and managed residential apartments in the Bozeman area. Chris is a noted local community leader and his experience includes being current chair of the Bozeman Parking Commission, which is overseeing the development of a $12 million parking facility in the CityCenter. He was past chair of the Downtown Bozeman Association, the Business Improvement District (representing property owners), and the Downtown Urban Renewal District. Chris also has extensive non-profit leadership and governance experience. He served for several years as Treasurer of the board of the American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA) a national non-profit business association of 1300 members. He is past board chair of Eagle Mount, a Bozeman organization providing rehabilitative outdoor recreation for children with disabilities, and was a founding board member of the Yellowstone Business Partnership, a group of businesses supporting sustainable development in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem.