Chai worked in the White House during the Clinton Administration as Deputy Press Secretary and Special Projects Director for Management & Administration. His campaign experience includes serving as the Assistant Deputy Campaign Manager and Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Clinton/Gore 1996 presidential campaign.
Chai has worked in Policy and Communications for three governors and two mayors: Governor Edward Rendell in Pennsylvania, Governor Gray Davis in California and Governor Gary Locke in Washington; in addition to Mayor Gavin Newsom, he also worked for the Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg and Mayor Ron Dellums.
David Chai has a B.A. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.