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24 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Susan Hunter <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Ms. Susan Hunter <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 607 Rock Creek Road <br /> Chapel Hill NC 27514 <br /> Phone (Day): 9198246603 <br /> Phone (Evening): 9198246603 <br /> Phone (Cell): 9198246603 <br /> Email: huntress919@gmail.com <br /> Place of Employment: Duke University <br /> Job Title: Research Practice Manager <br /> Year of OC Residence: 1986 <br /> Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br /> Zone of Residence: <br /> Sex: Female <br /> Ethnic Background: white <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> Board member of community organization NEXT Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br /> Member of Chapel Hill and Durham transit work group <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP <br /> UNC Alumni <br /> Orange County Transit Advocates <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> None <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Orange County Planning Board (REQUIRES DISCLOSURE STATEMENT) <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> I first came to Orange County as a UNC student in 1986, and lived in Chapel Hill until 1996. 1 <br /> returned to Chapel Hill in 2013, after moving away for graduate school and spending 14 years in <br /> Durham. I ve seen the region grow significantly since 1986. 1 ve worked at Duke for 15 years <br /> and have seen the increase in congestion as employees commute to our local academic <br /> medical centers, Duke and UNC. I began attending Durham Chapel Hill Carrboro Metropolitan <br /> Planning Organization community presentations around 2007, as I became interesting in long <br /> range planning along the Highway 54 corridor. It was around that time I learned about the <br /> Durham Orange Light Rail Transit project, and became interested in supporting development of <br /> a better transit infrastructure in the Triangle area. <br /> Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br /> I m interested in serving on this board because I recognize the opportunity we have to reduce <br /> the impact of climate change through planning, including transit oriented development. Perhaps <br /> more importantly, I both volunteered and worked for a number of years with domestic violence <br /> organizations in Durham, Orange, and Chatham counties, as well as in the Atlanta area. I have <br />