Executive Director, National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)

Christopher Eck

Christopher Eck became the Executive Director of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) in April 2018. He is the thirteenth executive director of the NHPRC, which was created by Congress in 1934 and is chaired by the Archivist of the United States. He and the NHPRC staff provide support for the Commission’s leadership initiatives, grant programs, and the fostering of new tools and methods to connect the work of the National Archives to the work of the nation’s archives.

Christopher came to the NHPRC from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and his prior Federal Government service includes work with the First Responder Network Authority (“FirstNet”), the Air National Guard at Joint Base Andrews, and the US General Services Administration. Additionally, he served as the executive director of the Miami-Dade County (metropolitan Miami) Office of Historic Preservation and as the administrator of the Broward County (metropolitan Fort Lauderdale) Historical Commission. Christopher holds an undergraduate degree in History from Loyola University New Orleans, a master’s degree in History and Historical Archaeology from the University of Massachusetts Boston, and a law degree from the University of Miami.