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Amanda is a wife and a mother. She earned her bachelor's degree in graphic design and her master's degree in educational & instructional media design from North Carolina State University.

Amanda is a small independent business owner who has founded and operated two educational design firms. She has also taught at NC State in Raleigh. Previously, she has worked as a teacher and counselor for Chatham County Schools and has held the position of Global Marketing Manager.

Amanda Robertson's campaign for the Chatham County Board of Commissioners is her first run for public office.

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Believes strengthening communities will foster diversity, equity, and inclusion, and support a strong economy. Said, "it’s the right and moral thing to do."

Believes strengthening communities will foster diversity, equity, and inclusion, and support a strong economy, saying, "It’s the right and moral thing to do."

Supports building sustainable, thriving communities by promoting local engagement and green-growth development practices. Believes these efforts will create a strong foundation for future generations.

Supports building sustainable, thriving communities by promoting local engagement and green-growth development practices, and believes these efforts will create a strong foundation for future generations.

Believes in preserving green spaces and creating public-private partnerships to address climate change impacts on the community. Plans to establish realistic goals for net-zero development and environmental protection.

Believes in preserving green spaces and creating public-private partnerships to address climate change impacts on the community, and plans to establish realistic goals for net-zero development and environmental protection.

- Believes strengthening communities will foster diversity, equity, and inclusion, and support a strong economy, saying, "It’s the right and moral thing to do."
- Supports building sustainable, thriving communities by promoting local engagement and green-growth development practices, and believes these efforts will create a strong foundation for future generations.
- Believes in preserving green spaces and creating public-private partnerships to address climate change impacts on the community, and plans to establish realistic goals for net-zero development and environmental protection.

Public Services

Supports developing strong partnerships with local businesses to secure the economy and future, and plans to ensure a trained, local workforce for new job opportunities.

Supports generating job opportunities that enable citizens to work and live in Chatham County. Believes in protecting watersheds and ensuring viable wastewater treatment to support working families.

Supports generating job opportunities that enable citizens to work and live in Chatham County, and believes in protecting watersheds and ensuring viable wastewater treatment to support working families.

- Supports developing strong partnerships with local businesses to secure the economy and future, and plans to ensure a trained, local workforce for new job opportunities.
- Supports generating job opportunities that enable citizens to work and live in Chatham County, and believes in protecting watersheds and ensuring viable wastewater treatment to support working families.

Economy

Supports the current school board and county commissioners in overcoming financial and logistical challenges. Believes in providing support to educators and enhancing post-secondary opportunities like Chatham Promise.

Supports the current school board and county commissioners in overcoming financial and logistical challenges, and believes in providing support to educators and enhancing post-secondary opportunities like Chatham Promise.

Supports schools to maintain excellence in education.

- Supports the current school board and county commissioners in overcoming financial and logistical challenges, and believes in providing support to educators and enhancing post-secondary opportunities like Chatham Promise.
- Supports schools to maintain excellence in education.

Education

As of June 14, 2024, Amanda Robertson’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Safety

Believes in creating an ambitious strategic plan for affordable housing to support working families. As a Planning Board member, witnessed the impact of rapid growth on housing affordability and advocates for prioritizing reasonable housing costs.

Believes in creating an ambitious strategic plan for affordable housing to support working families, and as a planning board member, witnessed the impact of rapid growth on housing affordability and advocates for prioritizing reasonable housing costs.

- Believes in creating an ambitious strategic plan for affordable housing to support working families, and as a planning board member, witnessed the impact of rapid growth on housing affordability and advocates for prioritizing reasonable housing costs.

Housing & Urban Development

Transportation & Infrastructure

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Amanda Robertson

Amanda Robertson is a resident of Chatham County, where she lives on a small hobby farm in the woods. She balances her life as a wife and a mother. Details about where she attended school or what church she attends are not provided in the information given.

Amanda Robertson is a small independent business owner who has founded and operated two educational design firms. She has also taught at NC State in Raleigh. Previously, she has worked as a teacher and counselor for Chatham County Schools and has held the position of Global Marketing Manager. Her professional experience includes serving as a USMC Sergeant.

Amanda Robertson has served on the Chatham County Planning Board and the county’s Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee. She has also been involved in supporting Democratic Party efforts at county, state, and federal levels. She is currently running for County Commissioner in Chatham County.

The candidate's website says, "Principled. Amanda has worked tirelessly to bring communities together to protect our environment, prepare for climate change, and to ensure a bright future for our up-and-coming youth, Chatham’s citizens and neighbors."

- County Commissioners create and pass laws at the county-level. These laws show up in very tangible ways, such as determining how much you pay property and sales tax rates, public transportation, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners are responsible for preparing and passing the county budget. The budget determines how much funding goes to various public services, such as public transportation, law enforcement, repairing roads, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners oversee the administrative duties of your county’s government to ensure the safety, comfort, and well-being of county residents.
- County Commissioners can create, change, or abolish offices, positions, departments that are not required by law. 
- County Commissioners are elected to 4-year terms, with no term limits. Typically, you only vote for the County Commissioner that represents your county commission district.