Chris Foster, a descendent of President John Adams, is an independent insurance agent with Brown & Brown; past president of W.R. Reed & Company in Portland, Oregon. A graduate of Oregon State University, Foster holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a minor in Science and has completed post-graduate studies in business. He is a former major in the Oregon Army Reserve and a Leadership Graduate of Oregon Military Academy.

Mr. Foster serves as a board member for Citizens for Local Accountability (COLA) in Lake Oswego, Oregon. He is precinct committee person for Clackamas County, Oregon, elected in 2010, and has distributed 4,000 copies of the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence in 2010. Mr. Foster is also a volunteer fly fishing instructor with the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife. His hobbies include fishing, photography, and hunting.