➜ WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT
JACKIE THOMPSON
Human Services Coordinator, Town of Chapel Hill ’m a people person,” says Jackie
Thompson of
her nearly 30-year career in public service and her volunteer work helping others. For the last 12 years, she’s worked as the human services coordinator for the Town of Chapel Hill. She oversees the Town’s human services grant, serves as the staff liaison for the Human Services Advisory Board
and serves as a liaison between the Chapel Hill Police Department, public housing program and public residences, to name a few responsibilities. “I also manage the Town’s transitional housing program … for families transitioning from public housing to the private market,” Jackie says. Carrboro Town Council member Barbara Foushee says, “Jackie believes in community and civic engagement.” Barbara, a friend of Jackie’s for nearly a decade, adds, “[She] gives her best in all situations and endeavors.”
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