Chris Kelley for Hercules City Council

Julie Pieice House

Chris Kelley has served on the Hercules City Council since 2014. Her main focus includes transportation, public safety, economic development, and enhancing our City parks & facilities. Chris is the Board Chair of Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA). She also serves on the West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC), and is an alternate to the WestCAT bus transit board. Chris is a member of the Executive Committee of the East Bay Economic Development Alliance (EastBay EDA), as a representative of the Contra Costa Mayor’s Conference. She is a past president of the League of California Cities East Bay Division, and a former vice-chair of the West Contra Cost County Unified School District’s Citizen’s Bond Oversight Committee.

Prior to joining the Council, Chris was a member of the City of Hercules Finance Committee and an active participant in the ITC/Bayfront Task Force, which promoted transit orient development of the Hercules bayfront. Before joining the Council, she regularly attended council meetings and volunteered at Hercules City Hall, assisting the finance staff. In 2014, she took part in the Hercules Police Department’s Citizens Academy.

Chris is Treasurer of the Hercules Historical Society and also serves on the Board of Invictus Academy of Richmond.Professionally, Chris has 25+ years of experience in human resources and administrative management for small businesses in the fields of finance, marketing, computer software, and interior design. She graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a B.A. in Political Science.

​Chris Kelley for Hercules City Council

Chris Kelley for Hercules City Council