Across nonprofit leadership, law, media, publishing, and digital strategy, Poston's work has followed a consistent pattern: taking complex ideas, building the structure around them, and carrying them through execution. His experience ranges from board governance and fundraising to litigation, digital growth, publishing, and community programs.
Education and early career
Poston graduated magna cum laude from Duke University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2015. Before entering private practice, he worked in public service as a staff assistant in the United States House of Representatives and later in legal research and litigation-support roles. His legal training continues to inform his approach to analysis, governance, risk, and written communication.
Legal career
From 2016 to 2018, Poston practiced at Richardson Plowden & Robinson, P.A., representing physicians, hospitals, medical practices, outpatient facilities, and other healthcare providers in medical-malpractice and professional-liability defense. In 2018, he founded Chalmers Poston, LLC, where he managed civil and business matters, litigation strategy, negotiations, and firm operations until the practice closed in 2022. The work required close control of deadlines, evidence, client communication, and complex decision-making.
The Poston Foundation
In 2020, Poston founded The Poston Foundation, a South Carolina 501(c)(3) public charity, and built its governance, compliance, fundraising, and operating infrastructure from the ground up. As Executive Director, he leads strategy, operations, finance, partnerships, communications, and organizational development. Through the Foundation's Carolina Cares Initiative, he helped mobilize more than 50 volunteers and coordinate direct-aid outreach serving hundreds of Columbia-area residents.
Chakhead and media
Poston co-founded Chakhead, LLC in 2018 and continues to serve as Managing Officer on a part-time basis. The company develops, produces, distributes, and commercializes music and media intellectual property. Its portfolio includes 75 documented industry credits, and digital campaigns associated with its projects have generated more than 60 million cumulative views.
Digital strategy
Poston develops and manages websites and digital systems for nonprofit, professional, historical, publishing, and commercial projects. His work includes site architecture, search-engine optimization, Schema.org structured data, analytics, content organization, search visibility, and AI-search readiness. He approaches digital work as infrastructure: a way to make organizations and information easier to find, understand, and trust.
Publishing and historical work
Poston's publishing work focuses on South Carolina history, genealogy, family heritage, and regional preservation. His work has included archival research, manuscript preparation, source reconciliation, image restoration, metadata development, and print and digital distribution through platforms including Amazon KDP and Google Play Books. He has also developed historical websites and archives intended to organize material that would otherwise remain dispersed across public records, private collections, and older publications.
Current focus
Today, Poston's primary focus is The Poston Foundation: strengthening its governance, fundraising capacity, partnerships, and community programs while continuing selected work in media, publishing, and digital strategy. The common thread across these projects is practical institution-building—creating systems that can support useful work over time.
