Long View Information

Long View, LLC is a business consulting firm owned and managed by Chris Reddin. In addition to working directly with private firms, non-profits and government agencies, Long View works with second-stage companies throughout the United States providing team leadership for the National Center for Economic Gardening. Chris Reddin founded Long View in order to utilize her significant experience with growth companies to help firms achieve their business development goals. Chris is a strategist with a strong background in finance and marketing. Chris is well known in the local Grand Junction community for her term as the Executive Director of the Business Incubator Center. Chris’ professional background includes a term as a partner and CFO with Mountain Sprouts (a children’s apparel company and graduate of the Incubator program) and business starts in the restaurant and retail sectors. Chris honed her passion for the outdoors during her time as Operations Manager at bicycle component manufacturer, DT Swiss. Chris has a BA in Economics from Georgetown University and an MBA from Cornell University, where she co-founded a student-run incubator. Chris is active in her community serving on the Colorado Mesa University Foundation board and Board President of the Rocky Mountain Incubation Collaborative. Chris is also a mother of two boys, an outdoor enthusiast and writes a monthly column for the Business Times of Western Colorado.