Christopher Yandle

Christopher Yandle spent more than 10 years in college athletics, most recently as the assistant AD for communications at Miami and Georgia Tech. During his career, he assisted in the highly successful Robert Griffin III Heisman Trophy campaign in 2011, and he was recognized as the 2014 CoSIDA Rising Star by his peers. He now runs his own social media and public relations strategy consulting firm. A native of Houma, Louisiana, he attended the University of Southern Mississippi for two years before transferring to the University of Louisiana at Layfayette, where he graduated in 2004 with a BA in public relations. He received an MS in athletic administration from Marshall University in 2007. He is currently enrolled in the Higher Education Leadership PhD program at Mercer University. He and his wife, Ashleigh, have two kids, Addison and Jackson, and a French Bulldog named Tank. You can find him on Twitter: @chrisyandle.