Details

First Name

Chris

Last Name

Kern

Nickname

chris-kern

Account Status

Political Identity

Party Affiliation

Nonpartisan

City Title / Position

City Council Member

Jurisdiction / Location

State

Texas

County

Denton, Collin

City

Prosper

Office Information

Office Address

Town of Prosper, 250 W. First Street Prosper, Texas 75078

Term Start Date

May 1, 2024

Term End Date

May 1, 2028

Current Official

Yes

Contact & Public Info

Biography

Bio

Chris was elected to the Prosper Town Council in May 2022. A twenty-year resident of Collin County, Chris moved to Prosper in 2013 with his wife and three kids. In 2019, he was voted Prosper Volunteer of the Year in Prosper Life and Luxury Magazine. He has been encouraging engagement, sharing public information, and supporting local Prosper businesses/non-profits online since 2015. Prior to being elected, Chris served as a Prosper Planning and Zoning Commissioner from 2019 to 2022. He served as a member of the Collin County Myers Park Advisory Board from 2015 to 2021 and on the Prosper Special Purpose Sales Tax District Committee in 2018. He was also an initial Board Member for the Crime/Fire/EMS Control and Prevention Services Districts. Chris has been a Board Member for Cornerstone NCT since 2017 after being a volunteer since 2014. He acted as League Director for Miracle League Sports from 2015 to 2021. Chris and his family are active members and volunteers at Hope Fellowship (Prosper Campus). Chris holds an MBA from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and is a Certified Continuous Improvement Manager (CCIM) with a 25-plus-year career in telecom.