Senior Analyst and Director of State Outreach
Christopher Holton is a Senior Analyst and Director for State Outreach at the Center.
During Mr. Holton’s 20+ years with the Center, he has directed the Center’s Divest Terror Initiative and Shariah Risk Due Diligence Program. He has been involved in education and outreach in more than two dozen states regarding divestment of taxpayer supported pension systems from foreign companies that do business with the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Islamic Republic of Sudan, and the Syrian Arab Republic. In addition, he has been involved in state level counterterrorism and countershariah initiatives in dozens of states.
He was a co-author of War Footing, published by the US Naval Institute Press and a co-author of Shariah, Law and Financial Jihad: How Should America Respond? In 2015, Holton co-authored The Gulen Movement: Turkey’s Islamic Supremacist Cult and Its Contribution to Civilization Jihad in America.
Holton’s work has also been published by National Review, Human Events, The American Thinker, The Epoch Times, Family Security Matters, Big Peace, World Tribune, World Net Daily, NewsMax, and TheHayride.com. He has appeared on television on the O’Reilly Factor, the Glenn Beck Program, CNBC’s Squawk Box and Fox and Friends. On radio he has guested on the Laura Ingraham program, the Michael Reagan show, the Brett Winterble show, the Roger Hedgecock program, the Michael Medved show, the Jim Bohannon show and Politics With A Punch with Jeff Crouere.
Holton has been a frequent guest speaker at gatherings and events from Florida to California and has conducted law enforcement training in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Arizona, Minnesota, Louisiana, South Carolina, Alabama and Arkansas.
Before joining the Center, Christopher was President of Blanchard and Company, a two hundred million dollar per year investment firm, and editor-in-chief of the Blanchard Economic Research Unit.
