Paul "Chip" Levengood built his career in banking, spending the first half in commercial banking, operations management, and systems development and devoting the second half to investment banking. He retired from the Madrid office of JP Morgan in 2000. He previously worked in and has lived and worked extensively in Latin America and Europe, including Sao Paolo, Brussels, and Madrid.

Upon graduating from Yale University with a BA in political philosophy, Chip Levengood joined the Peace Corps. He was sent to Costa Rica to work as a rural community development volunteer, an experience that was to be a formative influence in his life. After returning to the US to continue his education, he earned an MBA at Columbia University in international finance.

Chip was the Chairperson the Board of VITA at the time of its merger with EnterpriseWorks and has continued on as a board member with EWV for the last 5 years, serving first as Vice Chair then Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee for EWV. In addition to his long service with VITA and EWV, Chip has dedicated his time to two organizations with the mission of improving access to the vote for US citizens overseas, as Chair of the Board of Overseas Vote Foundation and Treasurer of the Board of Operation BRAVO. He also serves as secretary on the board of World HealthWorks, EWV's for-profit subsidiary, as Vice President of the Maryland-based Fairlee Creek Civic Assocation, and remains connected to his alma mater through his role as Vice President of the Yale Club of Madrid and management of the undergraduate applicant interviews for applicants on the Iberian peninsula.

Chip is married with two sons and three grandchildren and splits his residence between Madrid and the eastern shore of Maryland.