Christie Tillapaugh Bio

Christie is the President and CEO of Dentons Cohen & Grigsby. She is a Shareholder and serves as Chair of the Dentons Cohen & Grigsby Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Organizations Group, and is a member of the Dentons United States Regional Management Committee and Board of Directors. Christie has more than twenty years of experience serving as outside general counsel and providing corporate governance and strategic transaction-related counseling for numerous organizations, including both tax-exempt and for-profit companies. She is recognized as a leading corporate lawyer in the region’s nonprofit sector, having worked on many transformative projects and transactions. Christie has represented a wide array of nonprofit organizations, including those that are community based, cultural and arts based, and private foundations. In addition to being a trusted advisor to clients, Christie brings significant firm management experience, having played an instrumental role in some of the Firm's most consequential business decisions, serving on various management committees, including the Compensation Committee and Oversight and Executive Committee. She previously spearheaded the Firm's Associates Committee, chaired both the Talent Management and Recruiting and Hiring Committees, and previously served on the Shareholders Council and the Diversity and Inclusion Planning Committee.