Jai Chabria

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Jai Chabria
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NationalityAmerican
EducationBachelors Degree in Politics
Alma mater Ohio Wesleyan University
Occupationpolitical strategist
Years active1996 - present
Known forServed as a strategist and advisor for United States senator J. D. Vance and former Governor of Ohio John Kasich.
Website www.madglobalstrategy.com

Jai Chabria is an American political strategist who has served as a strategist and advisor for politicians such as United States senator J. D. Vance [1] [2] [3] and former Governor of Ohio John Kasich. [4] [5] [6] [7] He currently serves as the Managing Director of MAD Global Strategy. [8]

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Early life and education

Chabria was born to Indian parents. [9] Chabria earned a bachelor’s degree in Politics and Government from Ohio Wesleyan University. [10] [11]

Career

Chabria began his political career as a political assistant for John Kasich’s congressional reelection campaign in 1996. [2] [12] Chabria was retained as a political assistant for Kasich’s 2000 presidential campaign. [2] [12] He also worked on special projects for Kasich’s New Century Project political action committee. [12] [13] He later worked with Kasich when he left Congress and they both worked for the financial firm Lehman Brothers. [9]

Chabria was eventually appointed as the Senior Advisor to the Governor after Kasich was elected Governor of Ohio in 2010. [6] Chabria was also a member of the Kasich administration’s Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force. [14] [15] He also oversaw the transition of Ohio’s Department of Development as it became the private economic development corporation JobsOhio.> [9]

Chabria eventually left his role as Kasich’s Senior Advisor to oversee planning for the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. [11] [16] In 2022, Chabria served as a chief strategist for J. D. Vance’s senatorial campaign. [1] [6] [17]

In addition to his work in politics, Chabria also worked jobs in investment banking for companies such as Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital. [18] [6] He also co-founded the nonprofit organization Our Ohio Renewal with J.D. Vance. [19] Prior to his current job as Managing Director of the public affairs firm MAD Global Strategy, he also served as Managing Director of Mercury, another public strategy firm. [6]

Chabria has served as an analyst for television news outlets such as Fox News, [20] Fox Business, [21] and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. [22]

He has also been interviewed by news outlets such as NBC News [23] and The Columbus Dispatch. [24]

Personal life

He lives in Powell, Ohio and is married to Tammy Chabria. They have a daughter and a son together. [9] [11]

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