Chrissy Carr, P.E.

“We work and live to make a difference — and I always want to make a difference.”

Education

BSEE University of Kansas

Favorite Social Activity

Sports, traveling, and boating. She’s also a foodie and loves to cook.

First Concert

KISS

President, Critical Infrastructure

Moving Essentia Forward

Chrissy leads Essentia’s Critical Infrastructure division, where she oversees operations and sales for clients including electric utilities.

Career Highlights

Chrissy is an experienced project manager and professional engineer (P.E.) with more than three decades of experience — much of it in the telecom space. She began as a staff engineer at global engineering and construction firm Burns & McDonnell before taking on several critical leadership roles including Networks, Integration & Automation Sales & Marketing Director.

Awards

Chrissy and her team were given an engineering award from the New Jersey Alliance for Action for the Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) Aviation Obstruction Lighting and Aircraft Detection System for the Susquehanna-Roseland Transmission Line, of which she served as Project Manager.

Connecting Everyone, Everywhere to a Better Life

Chrissy serves at Colonial Presbyterian Church, where she recently completed her three-year term as Deacon of Communion. She was also on The Women’s Intersport Network for Kansas City (WIN for KC) board for three years (2017-2019). Chrissy coached girls’ basketball for five years and fast pitch girls’ softball for nine years.