Biography
Christi Bowen is a professional female voice talent with over 25 years experience in voice over and video production. Christi graduated from the University of Florida where she fell in love with all things broadcast production. Her voice over career began while writing, voicing and producing local radio spots. She was a weekend DJ but loved voicing commercials more. After graduating, Christi worked in the commercial production department of a major cable company where, once again, she wrote, produced and voiced many of the local TV advertising campaigns. Her course shifted to film and TV production for a number of years, including working in Hollywood on the movies Galaxy Quest and Patch Adams. Christi worked her way up to becoming a TV producer with a Nashville, Tennessee company with a Department of Defense contract to produce TV and radio Public Service Announcements for the military overseas. While there, she won 9 Telly Awards and a Regional Emmy for her work. But voiceovers were always Christi’s true love. Getting back into full time voice work in 2011, Christi has developed a roster of clients all over the world and on many types of projects…from commercials and corporate narrations to eLearning modules and phone systems. She specializes in eLearning and also has a passion for political and automotive advertising. Her clients include L’Oreal, Walmart, General Mills, AAA Auto Club, Quaker Oats, IKEA, Northern Trust, Philips and many more! Christi was the Team Lead, featured speaker and Panel Moderator at the world’s largest voice over conference, VO Atlanta, in 2017 and 2018, for the eLearning/Narration track. In 2019, Christi became the Virtual Conference Producer for the event – utilizing her production and coordinating skills once again. Christi has coached students in eLearning and the Business of VO and loves sharing her knowledge and experience to develop and encourage new talent. Christi has won 2 Voice Arts Awards for Political voiceover and her corporate narration work has garnered 3 The w3 Awards and 2 Tellys. She is also a Finalist for 2 Reed Awards for Political voiceover. Christi is proud to be a Founding 500 member of World Voices Organization, a Voxy Lady, University of Florida Alumni Association Life Member, American Marketing Association – Nashville member and Association of Talent Development Member. One of her proudest achievements is being the Co-Founder of Tennessee Voice Over Exchange – the Meetup Group in Nashville for Voice Actors. With over 80 members, the group has been meeting monthly for over 6 years – bringing world class instruction and information resources to voice actors in Middle Tennessee.