Chris Mathis
Representative · State house · Arizona · District 18
Democratic
Biography
Chris Mathis is a Democrat who teaches health care law at the U of A and lives with his wife in Tucson. He practices elder law, helping older Tucsonans and their families resolve issues related to long-term care, public benefits and estate planning. A Professor of Practice at the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law and Arizona Education Association member, Chris teaches classes on Health Care Law & Policy and Aging. He formerly served as Director of Policy & Communications at the Healthcare Markets & Regulation (HMR) Lab at Harvard Medical School and as Southern Arizona Coordinator for the Flinn-Brown Fellows Civic Leadership Program. Chris worked in the Illinois General Assembly, the U.S. House of Representatives, the British Parliament and as a Health Care Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel prior to moving to Tucson in 2001. He earned a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government and a Master in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health as well as law and undergraduate degrees from the University of Illinois.
On the record
- Education
- Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government, Master in Public Administration; Harvard School of Public Health, Master in Public Health; University of Illinois, law degree; University of Illinois, undergraduate degree
- Profession
- Lawyer; Professor of Practice
- Family
- Married.
Contact
- Capitol office
- Room 337, 1700 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ 85007 · 602-926-3138
- Phone
- 602-926-3138
- cmathis@azleg.gov