PLP 08 Profile: Chris Fairchild

Name: Chris Fairchild
Age: 39
Born: Grew up in Palmyra, VA
Current Digs: Same
Occupation: CEO (Evangelist), National Filter Service Inc.
Favorite Part of Your Job: VISION. Tell people what you’re going to create, have them tell you your crazy, then make it happen.     
First Job Ever: Pumped gas at Lake Monticello Marina. Laid on the dock catching rays, occasionally got up to pump gas into a boat full of girls in bikinis. 
Favorite Book: Good to Great
Favorite Movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail. “With big, pointy teeth”!
Comfort Food: No fat Omega Three peanut butter, one banana and honey, mixed in a bowl and heated for twenty three seconds.
What’s in your CD Player Right Now: Marva Wright (The Blues) “You don’t miss your water, till your well runs dry”.
Next Journey: What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
Favorite VA Vacation Spot: Smith Mountain Lake
First Political Memory: Attending the inauguration of Ronald Reagan.
Whom do you Admire and Why: My old friend Garland Dickerson, The Great Turkey Slayer. Simple, old clothes, quit school after third grade to help on the farm, country as Jed Clampett with more money, the American dream.
Best Advice You Ever Received: Get the right people on the bus.
If You Could Have Dinner with Anyone Currently Living, Who Would it Be: George W. He’s welcome to invite Dick.
Describe a Perfect Day: Watch the sun rise over the foggy creek bottom at the farm, work all day at the farm, then cookout that evening with family and friends down by the creek.
One Thing People Might be Surprised to Learn About You: I’m bashful.
Ambition, political or otherwise: To grow as a Christian, father, husband and community member.