Chester Ellis is the current Chairman of Chatham County Board of Commissioners, first elected in 2017. In 2014, he ran for board presidency of the Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education, but did not win.

As of July 25, 2024, Chester A Ellis’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Chester and his wife Wilmotine have three daughters. He has a Bachelor’s Degree from Savannah State University , a Master’s Degree in Education and Leadership from Cambridge College, and a Doctoral Studies in Educational Leadership and Change from Fielding Institute. He is the pastor of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church as well as president of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, the Savannah Baptist Union, and the Savannah Emancipation Association.