Chris Konschak

Senior Director - Traffic Safety and Government Relations

Chris is an impaired driving and traffic safety professional and lawyer with over 35 years of proven experience and leadership success in strategy capacity building, legislative and judicial outreach, media relations, and management of mission-driven program initiatives. He joined Responsibility.org in 2020 and works with both the Traffic Safety and Government Relations teams. Key responsibilities for Chris include managing the Responsibility.org Judicial Advisory Board, leading educational efforts on the link between impaired driving and mental health disorders, serving as the lead on the Computerized Assessment and Referral System (CARS), and guiding responses to state legislation in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Chris began his career as a Congressional Aide to Senator Alan Cranston and later transitioned to the Virginia Federation of Communities for Drug-Free Youth. He also worked within Virginia’s political and criminal justice systems in a variety of capacities. Chris has devoted his life and career to serving others and working to prevent drunk and drugged driving. Prior to joining Responsibility.org, he served as Virginia’s Director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Under his 17 years of leadership there, he built, maintained, and expanded relationships with Virginia legislators, law enforcement, prosecutors, and a myriad of traffic safety partners. While working with DUI victims and the media, his team developed a successful “Victim Stories” campaign across multiple platforms, reaching over 96 million people. He also guided efforts for 6 years to pass Virginia’s mandatory ignition interlock law for all DUI convictions. Chris has a Juris Doctorate from Howard University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Speech Communications from the University of Richmond. He resides in Richmond, VA, with his family. 

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