Chad Kesler has over 10 years of experience in political campaign management and digital services. He has held several roles at NGP VAN/EveryAction, including West Coast Accounts Supervisor where he managed client accounts and projects across departments. Prior to that, he worked as a Senior Client Services Representative and Client Services Representative providing trainings, support, and backend database work. Kesler also has campaign experience, having served as Field Director for a successful Virginia State Senate campaign and Deputy Field Director for a Virginia House of Delegates race where he oversaw large volunteer networks. He is proficient in various digital tools including NGP VAN, EveryAction, and Microsoft software.

1. chad kesler
170 Melrose Avenue East #309 • Seattle, Washington • 98102 • 573.823.7522 • cmkesler@gmail.com
EXPERIENCE
NGP VAN/EveryAction
WASHINGTON, DC/SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
WEST COAST ACCOUNTS SUPERVISOR, JANUARY 2015-PRESENT
 Directed support for West Coast clients, including midnight Pacific compliance reporting deadlines, and managing handoff of tasks to
East Coast support team and engineering staff to assure timely issue resolution and client satisfaction.
 Worked directly with our account executives to facilitate effective communication with clients, ensuring our clients’ needs were met
in a timely and efficient manner.
 Coordinated various inter-departmental projects by facilitating communication between our engineering, disclosure, digital, sales,
support and management teams.
 Served as account manager for national level accounts, including CQ-Roll Call, consulting and compliance firms, and state parties.
 Provided in-person trainings, support and on-site consulting for regional consulting firms and West Coast clients. Topics included
federal compliance and digital outreach on multiple platforms.
 Identification and reporting of bugs and production issues within the Atlassian tracking system, while working closely with our
engineering teams to resolve the client issues.
SENIOR CLIENT SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE, JANUARY 2012-DECEMBER 2014
 Provided comprehensive trainings on our software platforms and best practices.
 Daily backend database work using MS SQL Server including but not limited to build to order exports, mass updates, data cleanup, and
complex queries and reporting.
 Extensive experience with online fundraising, payment gateways and contribution processing, and broadcast email campaigns.
 Deployed and maintained client websites via Drupal platform.
CLIENT SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE, MARCH 2010-DECEMBER 2011
 Provided extensive support for various disclosure and compliance reports including municipal, state, and FEC levels.
 Worked directly with all levels of staff for both state (local, legislative and gubernatorial) and federal races (US House, Senate, and
presidential) races as well as PACs, labor unions, nonprofits and national political organizations.
 Daily execution of Salesforce contact management and organization, detailed notes, streamlining of national consultants involved with
multiple campaigns, and analysis of metrics.
FIELD DIRECTOR, Dave Marsden for Virginia State Senate
FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA NOVEMBER 2009-JANUARY 2010
 Recruited and managed a team of three Field Organizers in a successful campaign to fill a vacant Republican state senate seat.
 Coordinated activists from across Northern Virginia to organize and execute a full-scale, winning campaign over the course of just six
weeks, which overcame a 16-point deficit for a 2% victory.
 Used VoteBuilder to execute daily virtual phone banks with callers from all over the state and extensive daily canvasses.
 Oversaw an absentee ballot program which had us ahead by 400 votes leading into Election Day.
DEPUTY FIELD DIRECTOR, Greg Werkheiser for Virginia State House of Delegates
FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA JUNE-NOVEMBER 2009
 Organized and recruited the largest networks of volunteers for a Virginia Delegate race in the 2009 cycle.
 Oversaw integration of an in-district field program with the Virginia Coordinated Campaign
 Personally managed a team of over 150 GOTV organizers, paid canvassers, and interns.
Additional professional experience available upon request.
PROFICIENT in NGP VAN, EveryAction, MS SQL Server, Salesforce, MS Office Suite, Direct Connect, PayFlowPro
EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts, Communication, University of Missouri