Chalkley is a U.S. Navy veteran, a short-term missionary who has taken multiple trips all over the world with a focus on Haiti, a husband to Robin for 47 years, a father of three children, a grandfather to six grandchildren, a former actor with an active Screen Actors Guild status, a writer, a researcher and a running buddy of Dr. Pearse Lyons, who helped convince him to run his first marathon to celebrate his 69th birthday. He is intensely interested in disruptive models of medical care giving. He is also curious to see how Alltech's solutions might be applied in the human sphere, as he believes many of the company's products hold great potential for revolutionary breakthroughs.