Eric Demmers Chast

Eric Demmers Chast is an expert in operations, budgeting & finance, and organizational behavior. He excels at finding efficiencies and building systems in rapidly changing environments, allowing entrepreneurial organizations the ability to invest the most in their team and their growth.

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Eric is an experienced Democratic campaign manager and nonprofit administrator. He has managed the payroll and HR compliance department of a national field campaign organization, overseen budgeting and operations for a statewide advocacy organization during which he worked lockstep with the Executive Director to maintain staffing levels and increase programming during a period of reduced funding, and with LSG, Eric revamped staff policies, procedures, and benefits, cut costs to reinvest in staff, and run day-to-day operations and budgeting.

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Eric has staffed, managed, or consulted on nearly 40 Democratic campaigns since joining the 2008 Obama Campaign in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. He has overseen fundraising operations of New England candidates  since 2013 and served as Treasurer for local, statewide, and federal candidates.​

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Eric lives in Leominster with his wife and two children. He holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Hult International Business School and degrees in Communications and Journalism from Appalachian State University.