Chad is a native of Alabama and a graduate of the same alma mater that has produced many McAlpine employees including Bobby and Ray, Auburn University. Chad's degree is in Interior Design and he has a minor in Landscape Design. He brings over a decade of design experience to McAlpine Booth & Ferrier having worked for a time in New York, being a partner in a design firm in Nashville and operating his own firm. He and his partner Jeremy, a software developer, have two active Greyhounds, Sheba and Hushler, who prefer to keep their masters on the move playing fetch and going on long walks. The remainder of Chad's spare time is filled with the pleasures of travel and volunteer work with several organizations in Nashville.