From Washington to Dallas
Gaston Mooney is the Chief Operating Officer at WaterStone, a Christian community foundation that manages donor-advised funds and other charitable gifts. His work there is business development and strategic relationships.
Before WaterStone he spent over a decade in digital media. He co-founded CRTV, then served as president of Blaze Media as it grew into one of the largest independent media companies in the country. He stayed on to run it after the sale.
He got his start in Washington, working in the Senate, the House and the Bush Administration. He went to Furman University and lives in Dallas with his wife and their five kids.
Career
WaterStone
WaterStone is a Christian community foundation that helps families give through donor-advised funds and more complicated gifts like real estate and business interests.
Blaze Media
Gaston helped grow Blaze into one of the largest independent digital media companies in the country, mostly through acquisitions. The company sold in 2022 and he stayed to run it until 2026.
CRTV
A subscription streaming network he helped start. It later merged with TheBlaze to become Blaze Media.
Conservative Review
He ran the editorial side of a publication covering policy and politics.
United States Senate
He was shared staff covering Banking, Commerce, Judiciary, Energy, Agriculture and Small Business, and learned Senate floor procedure along the way. He also worked at the EPA in the Bush Administration and in the U.S. House.
Dallas is home.
Colorado for work
WaterStone is based in Colorado Springs, so Gaston spends a good part of his working life in Colorado, between the office at the foot of Pikes Peak and time with clients in the mountains.
