Jai Chabria

Chabria was born to Indian parents.[9][10] Chabria earned a bachelor’s degree in Politics and Government from Ohio Wesleyan University.[9][11][12]

Chabria began his political career as a political assistant for John Kasich’s congressional reelection campaign in 1996.[2][13] Chabria was retained as a political assistant for Kasich’s 2000 presidential campaign.^[2][13] He also worked on special projects for Kasich’s New Century Project political action committee.[13][14] He later worked with Kasich when he left Congress and they both worked for the financial firm Lehman Brothers.[10]

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.[15][16] He also oversaw the transition of Ohio’s Department of Development as it became the private economic development corporation JobsOhio.[17][10]

Chabria eventually left his role as Kasich’s Senior Advisor to oversee planning for the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.[12][18] In 2022, Chabria served as a chief strategist for J.D. Vance’s senatorial campaign.[1][6][19]

In addition to his work in politics, Chabria also worked jobs in investment banking for companies such as Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital.[20][6] He also co-founded the nonprofit organization Our Ohio Renewal with J.D. Vance.[21] 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,[22] Fox Business,[23] and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.[24]

He has also been interviewed by news outlets such as NBC News[25] and The Columbus Dispatch.[26]

He lives in Powell, Ohio and is married to Tammy Chabria. They have a daughter and a son together.[9][10][12]