Christine Grillo
111 Market Place, Suite 840, Baltimore MD 21202
Communications and Marketing Manager
Christine joined the Center for a Livable Future in 2011 as a Contributing Writer, after serving for several years as senior writer and associate editor for Johns Hopkins Public Health, the Bloomberg School's magazine. She’s taught writing at universities in Baltimore and New York, and before that she wrote and edited content for print publications and multimedia firms in New York.
At the Center, Christine helps to develop and manage communications strategies intended to amplify research, education, practice, and policy initiatives. She writes about Center-sponsored events, as well as about global thought leaders, scientists, and activists who have devoted their careers to improving food systems. She also co-hosts the CLF podcast, Unconfined, with Tom Philpott.
Christine holds a bachelor's degree in English from Columbia College, Columbia University, and a master's degree in Creative Writing (Fiction) from The Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars. She is a fellow of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. In 2023, she debuted as a novelist with Hestia Strikes a Match, published by Farrar Straus and Giroux.