Chad has been the Planning Director for the Hall County Regional Planning Commission since December 1999. The Hall County Planning Commission provides planning services to Hall County, the cities of Grand Island and Wood River, Hall County, and the Villages of Alda, Doniphan and Cairo.

Chad is a professional planner with a Masters of Community and Regional Planning from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He is active in and President of the Nebraska Planning and Zoning Association (NPZA) and Immediate Past President of Nebraska Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA). He is a member of the Nebraska Association of County Officials (NACO) Zoning Administrator Affiliate.  At the national level Chad is a member of the Chapter Presidents Council Executive Committee for the American Planning Association.

Chad has variety of experience in planning issues in Nebraska ranging from: work with the Nebraska Department of Health relative to infectious and communicable disease prevention planning; work with the Nebraska Department of Economic Development researching affordable housing in Nebraska; to experience with county and municipal land use planning in Madison and Hall Counties.