Upcoming events
- Newark Food & Brew Festival(2 days)
- Phone bank for Chris(6 days)
- It's Peach Festival Time in Middletown!(23 days)
About Chris
As County Executive, Chris Coons is working to protect and improve the quality of life for the more than more than 500,000 residents of New CastleCounty. Chris has focused on leading the fight for long term fiscal reform, keeping our communities safe, revitalizing our neighborhoods, improving community services for families, and modernizing the aging county infrastructure.
Under Chris’ leadership, the county has cleaned up the 50 worst properties, launched a new Safe Streets partnership to remove violent parole violators from our neighborhoods, opened the new Woodlawn Library and Glasgow Park, added a new paramedic unit and station to reduce response times, while cutting millions in wasteful spending and restoring fiscal responsibility to county government. To learn more about Chris’ accomplishments, click here.
Chris was elected New Castle County Council President in 2000 and earned a reputation for delivering solid results during his four year term. As Council President, Chris led the fight to preserve open spaces, improve public safety, fought for an independent ethics commission and improved services for the community, such as parks and libraries. Now, as County Executive, Chris has led the way in reigning in spending and being accountable to constituents, while continuing to deliver those services that county residents have said are important to them and their families.
Chris worked for eight years as legal counsel for W.L. Gore & Associates, the makers of GORE-TEX® fabrics and other innovative materials. He remains an active volunteer with the “I Have A Dream” Foundation, the United Way and other local and national organizations. A graduate of Yale Law School, Chris also holds a bachelor’s in chemistry and political science from AmherstCollege in 1985 and a master’s degree in ethics from Yale Divinity School in 1992.
A longtime New Castle County resident, Chris grew up in the Pike Creek and Hockessin areas and lives in Wilmington with his wife, Annie, and their three children, Michael, Jack and Maggie.