Chris Coudriet

New Hanover County Manager Chris Coudriet serves as Chief Administrator of county government and administers all departments under the general control of the five-member Board of Commissioners. Mr. Coudriet has served as the County Manager since July 2012. Prior to his appointment, he served as Assistant County Manager for New Hanover County for four years and as county manager in Franklin and Washington counties, N.C. Mr. Coudriet has more than twenty years of public administration experience, with more than a decade as a county manager in North Carolina. He has a bachelor’s of science Ddgree in urban and regional planning from East Carolina University and a master's degree in public administration from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.