Damon Seils was elected as mayor of Carrboro in 2021 after serving more than 8 years as a member of the Town Council. Before joining the Town Council, Damon had several years of experience in town and county government. He was twice elected chair of the Carrboro Planning Board, making recommendations to the Town Council on development and land use policy throughout the community. He also served on the town’s Greenways Commission. Damon also represented Carrboro as the chair of the Orange County Human Relations Commission. In his professional life, Damon works in the medical school at Duke University, where he is a communications specialist with a focus on the work of health services researchers, population health scientists, and public health researchers who study the quality, costs, and ethics of health care delivery. As a volunteer in the Duke community, Damon was a longtime leader of the Duke LGBT Task Force, working closely with students, employees, alumni/ae, and administrators to promote equality and inclusion for gender and sexual minority communities on campus and in the health system.