Chris Byrd was born in 1968.  He grew up in the Kansas City area and graduated from Platte County.  He attended the University of Missouri and was a founding father of the Delta Chi fraternity.  He attended law school and began his law practice.  He married Tracy Tibbles in 1991.  They went on to have two children; Colin in 1996 and Ian in 1998.  Chris has been an intregal part of the law, civic, political communities and a member of the Botherhood of Iron.