Chad is a 2004 graduate of Western Kentucky University, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture Education. He was active in College Democrats, serving as president, and FFA serving as State Vice-President of the Kentucky association of FFA.

After college Chad spent several years serving in State Government as Jonathan Miller's deputy Chief of Staff in the State Treasurer's office, Director of Constituent Services for Governor Steve Beshear, and Special Assistant to Lieutenant Governor Jerry Abramson. He has also worked on several campaigns including Steve Beshear for Governor, Robin Webb for State Senate, and James Kay for State Representative.

For the past eight years Chad has worked in the Information Technology sector having served as the Disaster Recovery Coordinator and Information Technology Escalation Manager for Kentucky's Health Benefit Exchange, better known as kynect,. Chad is currently employed by UK Healthcare as the EHR Program Lead in Revenue Cycle where he helped lead the implementation of a new single electronic medical records application.

Chad lives in Lexington with his wife Marisa, 14 year old daughter Isabella and 4 year old son William. He is active in our community as the Morton Middle School PTSA Treasurer and previously as the President of the Lansdowne Neighborhood Association and former board member of the Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center.