Native Source was founded by Kristobal Fimbres and Christopher Stamos.

Christopher Stamos was Managing Partner of the NY offices of Sterling Stamos Capital Management and President of Corporate Philanthropy.  Prior to joining Sterling Stamos, Chris worked for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Air and Toxics Division, Region 9, and for Saatchi & Saatchi as a Creative in their Taiwan offices. He spent 10 years in Asia studying and working in China, Japan, and Taiwan where he attained fluency in Mandarin and studied asian philosophy, religion, poltics, TCM, and art.

Chris earned a BA in Philosophy from Stanford University where he was awarded a Newton Tatum Scholarship towards an MA in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from Balliol College, Oxford University, graduating with Honors. After studying Mandarin at the Cultural University of Beijing, Chris received a Mombusho Scholarship towards an MA in East Asian International Relations from the International University of Japan, graduating as valedictorian with the Dean’s Citation and with distinction.

Chris was the Vice Chairman of Friends Without a Border from 2004-07, an NGO which supports the Angkor Hospital for Children (a pediatric treatment and medical training hospital in Siem Reap, Cambodia) and remains a committed board member of FWAB. He was Chairman of the Advisory Board of “Project Q”, an international award created by Quincy Jones and the Harvard University School of Public Health to showcase extraordinary leadership and advocacy on behalf of children, and is presently an Executive Committee Board Member of Malaria No More (www.malarianomore.org) and an active supporter and advocate for global health initiatives such as the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation’s HIV-AIDS Initiative (CHAI), Partners In Health (PIH), Esperanza (www.esperanza.org), and the Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF).

Chris lives in Tucson, Arizona.