Chad is deeply committed to social change, primarily through his work with faith-based organizations striving for racial justice and LGBTQ equality. His nonprofit board service includes Room for All, which advocates for the full welcome and affirmation of people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions in the Reformed Church in America; and the Middle Project, which co-sponsors the annual Revolutionary Love Conference at Middle Collegiate Church.

Chad is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. He is a consulting minister at Middle Collegiate Church. He has also served as an associate minister at Marble Collegiate Church in New York City. Prior to YDS and ISM, Chad worked as a corporate accountant on Wall Street, where he was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs. He earned a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a certified public accountant.

Chad is employed as Project Coordinator on the Homeless Veterans Team at Inner City Law Center, a nonprofit poverty-law firm serving the poorest and most vulnerable residents of Los Angeles. He lives in Pasadena.