Chris Youngblood, P.E., is President and Chief Executive Officer of Chavez-Grieves. He directs the day-to-day operations of the firm and serves as Principal-in-Charge for a variety of structural design projects.

A native of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, Chris received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1993 from New Mexico State University. He is a veteran of the United States Army, having served in the 1st Infantry Division in Belgium, Holland, Germany and northern Africa.

Chris currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the American Council for Engineering Companies (ACEC) of New Mexico, the New Mexico Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the NMSU Academy for Civil, Agricultural and Geological Engineering. In 2002, he was inducted into the Sociedad de Ingenieros as an Ingeniero Eminente at New Mexico State University.

Chris' experience includes project management and structural engineering on various types of design projects for commercial, institutional, educational, medical, industrial, and governmental facilities. He has been involved in projects with a wide variety of building types to include casinos, hospitals, aquariums, amphitheaters, office buildings, laboratories, central plants, schools and auditoriums. Chris has designed projects utilizing structural steel, light gage steel, concrete, masonry, and timber. He also has a wide range of experience in performing preliminary seismic evaluations, detailed seismic analysis and seismic upgrades to existing buildings.