Columbia, South Carolina

Eric Chalmers Poston

Founder · Nonprofit Executive · Entrepreneur

I lead mission-driven programs, build operational systems, and advance digital strategy. As Founder and Executive Director of The Poston Foundation, I lead organizational strategy and operations across programs, fundraising readiness, governance, compliance, communications, technology, and records management.

My background also includes founding and managing a law firm, practicing medical malpractice defense, co-founding an independent music and media business, managing websites and digital operations, and directing release planning, digital distribution, marketing, and promotion for approximately 100 music and media releases.

This is my official professional website, where I keep my current biography, résumé, portfolio, and professional contact information.

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Eric Chalmers PostonColumbia, South Carolina

50+Volunteers mobilized through Carolina Cares

HundredsColumbia-area residents served through direct community outreach

~100Music and media releases supported through Chakhead workflows

60M+Cumulative video views across associated campaigns and content

About my work

I work where strategy has to become execution.

My work has consistently centered on building structure around complex projects: developing community programs, improving operational systems, organizing information, and creating repeatable workflows that make work easier to execute.

At The Poston Foundation, that means program development, fundraising, governance, compliance, communications, web and donation systems, analytics, records management, and community outreach. Earlier in my career, it meant managing civil litigation and medical malpractice defense while building a law practice. Through Chakhead and independent digital projects, it has meant coordinating releases, distribution, websites, publishing systems, search visibility, analytics, and digital campaigns.

Across those settings, the common thread is practical systems-building: making complex or fragmented work more organized, measurable, repeatable, and easier to execute.

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Professional experience

Selected professional experience.

2020 - PresentColumbia, SC

The Poston Foundation

Founder & Executive Director

I founded The Poston Foundation in 2020 and lead organizational strategy and operations across programs, fundraising readiness, governance, compliance, communications, technology, and records management.

I launched the original Carolina Cares COVID Task Force in 2020, mobilizing 50+ volunteers and coordinating direct-aid outreach serving hundreds of Columbia-area residents. I develop program budgets, grant narratives, letters of inquiry, sponsorship packages, policies, and internal controls. I secured Google Ad Grants approval, implemented GA4, Google Tag Manager, donation processing, and conversion tracking, and developed a 12-month operating plan and $30,000 planning budget for the 2026 Carolina Cares relaunch.

The Poston Foundation

2018 - PresentColumbia, SC · Part-time

Chakhead, LLC

Co-Founder & Managing Officer

I co-founded Chakhead in 2018 and direct release planning, digital distribution, marketing, and promotion for approximately 100 music and media releases, along with rights documentation, release metadata, websites, e-commerce, payment systems, SEO, analytics, publishing, and digital asset management.

The company’s digital properties include a channel with 198K+ subscribers and 3M+ channel-specific views. Associated campaigns and content have generated 60M+ cumulative video views.

Chakhead

2018 - 2022Columbia, SC

Chalmers Poston, LLC

Founder & Managing Partner

From 2018 to 2022, I founded and operated a boutique law firm serving individuals and businesses in civil litigation and business matters, while building standardized document templates, deadline-tracking procedures, and file-management systems.

Former law firm

2016 - 2018Columbia, SC

Richardson Plowden & Robinson, P.A.

Associate Attorney

Before launching my own firm, I practiced medical malpractice defense at Richardson Plowden & Robinson, P.A., representing physicians, hospitals, medical practices, and other healthcare providers in complex civil litigation.

Areas of focus

Core competencies.

Program & Project Coordination

Operations & Process Improvement

Fundraising & Grant Development

Strategic Communications

Donor, Volunteer & Partner Engagement

Digital Strategy & Website Management

Analytics & Performance Measurement

Content Development & Publishing

Technical SEO & Structured Data

Documentation & Quality Control

AI-Assisted Research & Workflow Automation

Education

Education.

I earned my Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2015 and my Bachelor of Science in Psychology, magna cum laude, from Duke University in 2009.

University of Virginia School of Law

Juris Doctor (J.D.), 2015, Charlottesville, VA

Duke University

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Psychology, magna cum laude, 2009, Durham, NC

Websites and documentary work

Selected historical research and digital archives.

Alongside my nonprofit, operational, and media work, I develop source-centered websites that make South Carolina history and family records easier to research, verify, and navigate. These are separate resources with distinct purposes.

Place-history archive

Poston, South Carolina

Maps, the Great Pee Dee River setting, the earlier Ellison locality, Andrew Poston, railroad-era history, and supporting source notes for the unincorporated Florence County community.

Explore the historical archive

Genealogy and primary records

The Poston Family Archive

Digitized family-history sources, searchable newspaper scans and OCR, photographs, lineage material, and published genealogical research, maintained separately from the place-history site.

Browse the family archive

Public-history initiative

Restore Poston, South Carolina

The Poston Foundation’s developing Poston Preserve Initiative connects documentary research to public history, community engagement, and responsible planning in Florence County.

Explore the Foundation initiative

The historic Poston community in Florence County is not the same location as the private Poston Preserve conservation property in Manning. View the complete website and publishing portfolio.

Elsewhere online

Official profiles and published work.

You can also find my professional, publishing, and public profiles through the links below.

LinkedInericchalmersposton Instagram@realericposton Facebook@realericposton X@ecposton Knowledge PanelEric Poston on Google Amazon AuthorAuthor profile Google BooksBook listings

Independent professional and project evidence

Documented work. Clear provenance.

Selected third-party records corroborate my prior legal role, academic credentials, charitable project work, and historic research. Aggregate figures on the résumé are identified separately from independently documented events.

Professional publication · October 2016

Legal career and education

A contemporary professional announcement documents my Richardson Plowden appointment, medical malpractice defense focus, UVA Law J.D., and Duke B.S. in Psychology, magna cum laude.

Read the professional announcement

Independent media · June 2020

Carolina Cares in 2020

WACH reported on one direct-aid effort through Carolina Cares, including practical support for a person seeking employment. The report does not independently verify all résumé-level outreach totals.

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Historical primary source · 1916

Poston, South Carolina

A contemporary newspaper notice records Andrew Poston’s relationship to the naming of the community, complementing the place-history and documentary archives.

View the 1916 record

See the evidence and verification index · Explore case studies

Contact

Get in touch.

I'm open to conversations about nonprofit leadership and operations, program and project work, fundraising, donor and partner engagement, communications, digital strategy, and related opportunities.

For professional opportunities, consulting inquiries, or collaborations, you can reach me directly by email or download my current résumé.

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