Town of Chapel Hill, NC
Kelly Drayton is an experienced Emergency Management Coordinator currently serving the Town of Chapel Hill, NC since January 2019, and previously held the same position with the City of Raleigh Municipal Government from July 2014 to January 2019. In these roles, Kelly has developed and updated various emergency management plans, managed budgets, and prepared grant applications. Prior experience includes serving as an Event Manager, coordinating resources for events and emergencies, and as a Firefighter/EMT, focusing on fire suppression and emergency medical services while promoting diversity in recruitment. Kelly holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Applied Mathematics from Elon University, a Certificate in Homeland Security from Durham Technical Community College, a Master of Public Administration from North Carolina State University, and a Graduate Certificate in Community Preparedness and Disaster Management from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Town of Chapel Hill, NC
This is the official LinkedIn profile for the Town of Chapel Hill. Please visit http://www.townofchapelhill.org for information on services; Council actions; and news and events for citizens, visitors, and businesses across all areas of local government. Learning, serving and working together to build a community where people thrive! About Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, is a multicultural university town that is home to UNC-Chapel Hill and a resident population of 59,000. With more than 700 acres of parks and additional protected natural areas, it's sometimes easy to forget that you're in an urban area and not in the middle of a forest. The town is located in the Triangle region of North Carolina, which includes the Research Triangle Park, a major complex of research and research-oriented manufacturing facilities. Chapel Hill boasts excellent education (noting than nearly half of adult residents have a graduate degree), abundance of healthcare jobs, and quality of life advantages. Hailed as “America’s Foodiest Small Town” by Bon Appetit Magazine, Chapel Hill is rapidly becoming a hot spot for pop American cuisine. It’s a trend-setting playground full of sights, sounds and tastes that make it the kind of place that authors, musicians, and artists call home. Chapel Hill ranks #10 on Money Magazine Best Places to Live list. See more awards and notables for Chapel Hill at www.townofchapelhill.org/awards.