Chris Forbrich is a lifelong San Antonian, loving the culture, history and diversity that the city has to offer all its residents and visitors. Forbrich is a graduate of Health Careers High School where he learned about the compassion of the suffering and the tending of the needy.

Forbrich holds a Bachelor of Business Administrator from the University of Texas at San Antonio in Information Systems. While attending UTSA, Forbrich was an active student leader, serving as the Student Body Treasurer, President of a Fraternity, and a member of the University's InterFraternity Council.

Forbrich owns a small computer consulting business, Forbrich & Associates, where he works with small business owners to build a computer system that helps them streamline their operations and reduce costs. As a small business owner himself, Forbrich understands the value of small business in the community and wants to ensure that city ordinances aren't created that unfairly hurt those business owners.

In addition to his consulting firm, he is the Manager of Information Technology for BlackBrush Oil & Gas, LP, a locally based oil & gas operator. Forbrich started working for the BlackBrush Management Team in August 2001.

Forbrich is a member of several Equal Rights organizations that work towards ensuring fairness and equal civil rights for all. Forbrich has been actively involved in these causes since 2003.

Chris Forbrich comes from a family of carpenters and small business owners that have worked in and around District One for nearly 100 years. He currently lives near North Star Mall and spends his free time remodeling a house that his grandparents built in 1955.

He is running for the District 1 seat on the San Antonio City Council because he wants to make for a better community and bring accountability back to local government.