Chamblee has hired a new development director to help the city retain existing businesses and lure new ones.

Vicki Coleman, most recently the business relations manager for Fulton County’s Economic Development and Business Services, began the job in late October. She will earn $75,000 a year in the new role, which also calls for her to oversee planning, zoning and development review for Chamblee.

Coleman has a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Virginia and a master of public administration degree from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies from Georgia State University. She also is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.