Chad Jester

Chad Jester is the Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and President of the Nationwide Foundation. His responsibilities include leading Nationwide’s community engagement including national philanthropic and community investments, leader engagement, and associate partnership programs.

Nationwide and the Nationwide Foundation’s community engagement is aligned with the strategic priorities of:  Food Security, Crisis Stability, Social & Economic Empowerment, and Children’s Wellbeing. These impact areas are respectively anchored by national partnerships with Feeding America, American Red Cross, the United Way, and Nationwide Children’s Hospital.  

The Nationwide Foundation is a non-profit private foundation, and one of the largest corporate foundations in the United States. Founded in 1959, the Nationwide Foundation has contributed more than $670 million to non-profit organizations across the country since 2000.

With an ongoing dedication to community service, Chad is active with a variety of local and national nonprofit organizations. His current board service includes:

• American Red Cross Corporate Advisory Council
• FutureReady Columbus
• Nationwide Children’s Hospital Foundation
• The Center for Family Safety and Healing at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Chad earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and history from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.