On January 10, 2005, David R. Eichenthal became the new President and Chief Executive Officer of the Community Research Council Inc. Prior to joining CRC, Mr. Eichenthal served the City of Chattanooga, beginning in 2002 as Director of the new Office of Performance Review and then as City Finance Officer, beginning February 2003. Mr. Eichenthal continues to serve as chairman of Chattanooga's $200 million general pension board.

As CFO and Director of the Office of Performance Review, Mr. Eichenthal led the City’s efforts to launch a 311 Call Center and to begin using 311 and other data to measure and better manage government performance. Time Magazine recently cited Chattanooga as one of a few cities that “are not only answering 311 calls but also analyzing the larger patterns that emerge from them...That is urban reform at its most elegant.”

Prior to coming to Chattanooga, Mr. Eichenthal spent a dozen years in New York City and State government. He was the Chief of Staff to New York City’s Public Advocate, the City’s second highest elected official. He also served in senior positions in the Office of the New York City Comptroller and the New York City School Construction Authority.

Mr. Eichenthal received a degree in public policy from the University of Chicago and a law degree from New York University.  He is the author of two chapters in Urban Politics NEW YORK STYLE (H.E. Sharpe, 1990) and co-author of a chapter in Innovations in E-Government (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc.).  His articles have been published in the New York Daily News, New York Newsday, The Chattanooga Times Free Press, Justice Quarterly and The Prison Journal.  He has taught public administration and public policy at New York University, Baruch College, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Georgia State University.

Mr. Eichenthal serves on the board of the Center for Employment Opportunities, the River City Company and the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Association.