One-on-One: Engineering firm CEO’s past trauma helps him lead

Chris Youngblood. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Journal)

Chris Youngblood has an unusually strong affinity for the Grand Canyon.

You pretty much have to if you’re going to make your 55th trip down to the bottom as a way to celebrate your 55th birthday.

The Grand Canyon is what Youngblood does. He leads groups of female cancer survivors, at-risk kids, and community and business leaders down the South Rim and sometimes, across the canyon floor and back up the North Rim. Last year, he guided a grieving band of mourners who held a memorial at the bottom for their 43-year-old friend, who was to have made the trip with them nine days later.https://engr-outreach.nmsu.edu/e3Initiative.

The full article can be found on the Albuquerque Journal Website at https://www.abqjournal.com/2463488/engineering-firm-ceos-past-trauma-helps-him-lead.html