Christopher Hercun

2023 -

Christopher Hercun is 10-year resident of Chatham and a former member of the Chatham 365 Task Force.  He is a homeowner in town, husband to a Social Worker and proud father of two boys.  His family had experienced the tremendous difficulty of establishing permanent residency in town when relocating from Connecticut, which included several precarious months of living in a winter rental with very young children.  This experience will forever guide his desire to make Chatham livable for the middle class families the town depends on for its continuity.  

In his work life, Christopher is the Assistant Chief Probation Officer at the Barnstable Probate and Family Court.  He was promoted to this position in 2018, following a five-year career as a Probation Officer in the same Court.  Prior to his career as a Probation Officer, Christopher enjoyed a ten-year career working as a Social Worker for the Department of Children and Families in Connecticut.  In his current position, Christopher supervises a team of Probation Officers with the primary focus of offering dispute resolution services and conducting investigations on issues of divorce, child custody, child support and guardianships. During his tenure with the Probation Department, Christopher has served as Team Leader for the Massachusetts Probation Strategic Planning Task Force, has been a Faculty Trainer at the Massachusetts Probation Training Academy, is a Co-Facilitator of the Barnstable County Fatherhood Program and most recently served as a member of the 2021 Child Support Guidelines Task Force.  Christopher holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice.