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Christian Picciolini

Christian Picciolini (born November 3, 1973) is a Chicago-based author, peace advocate, entrepreneur, Emmy-nominated television producer and director, music executive, musician, and visual artist.After attending DePaul University, Picciolini spent time writing his personal memoirs, Romantic Violence: Memoirs of an American Skinhead, about his experience as a youth involved in the early American white power skinhead scene. His writings and editorial pieces have appeared in magazines like Alternative Press and news outlets like Huffington Post and Al Jazeera. Picciolini's writings are known for their use of natural language and poignant dialogue. He was formerly the Community Partnerships Manager at Threadless, an online global community of artists and an e-commerce platform based in Chicago, Illinois. In 2008, Threadless was featured on the cover of Inc. as “The Most Innovative Small Company in America.”From December 2009 until March 2012, Picciolini was Executive Producer and General Manager of JBTV, a nationally broadcast, Emmy Award and Billboard Music Award-winning music television program and entertainment media network based in Chicago. He is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of the peace advocacy and counter-extremism consulting group Life After Hate. In 2011, Picciolini was twice nominated by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for a Midwest Regional Emmy Award for his role as Executive Producer of JBTV. He was also nominated in 2010 for a Midwest Regional Emmy Award for Directing, became a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Grammy Rock Committee, and sits on the board of directors for the City of Chicago's Chicago Music Summit, Chicago International Film and Music Festival (CIMMfest), and VOXi, a community-based online "bucket list" website. For a time, Picciolini was an Adjunct Professor teaching branding and entrepreneurship at Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy.