Chris Golden is Senior Vice President, Digital, managing a portfolio of high-profile advocacy and communications clients. With over a decade of experience at the intersection of digital strategy, paid media, and issue advocacy, Chris specializes in designing and managing data-driven campaigns that mobilize grassroots audiences and influence policymakers and other decision makers.
Chris has significant experience working across healthcare, energy, technology, and financial services – for companies, trade associations, and non-profits – with a focus on grassroots mobilization, integrated campaign management, paid media, opinion research, and measurement.
Before joining Rational, Chris was Director, Digital Grassroots Mobilization at Crypto.com, where he designed a program to convert the company’s app users into policy advocates. Previously, he served as Director of Paid Media and Rapid Response for the bipartisan political advocacy organization FWD.us, working in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., leading grassroots campaigns and directing paid media programs to mobilize advocates and influence policy outcomes.
Chris’ professional experience includes grassroots advocacy efforts engaging hundreds of thousands of advocates and verified testimonials from across the country. Recently, he led a client campaign that won a 2026 PR Daily Award for Best Digital Advertising Campaign. He regularly presents Rational’s digital capabilities to client boards and leadership teams.
Chris is a Connecticut native and a graduate of the American University School of Public Affairs.