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Franklin County Welcomes New Archives Director

Archives & Records Management

June 02, 2022

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Rikki Chesley, Director, Franklin County Archives & Records Management

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – The Franklin County Commissioners are pleased to welcome Rikki Chesley as the county’s new archives and records management director. Chesley joined the county May 26.

 

In this role, Chesley will oversee the records management of all county departments, including the proper preservation of records and managing an appropriate disposal system, under the jurisdiction of the commissioners, elected officials and the court. She will also lead the day-to-day operations of the county’s archives department, which manages and catalogs critical county records for internal operations as well as for public use.

 

Chesley is a Certified Records Manager and possesses nearly 20 years of experience managing large-scale records projects and programs for a variety of organizations, including the federal government and in academic settings. Most recently, she served as a records information manager with ASRC Federal in Durham, North Carolina, where she worked on a legacy records management project for the Environmental Protection Agency.

 

She holds an associate in liberal arts from St. Petersburg Junior College, a bachelor of arts from the University of Tampa and a master’s in library and information science from the University of South Florida.