Board of Directors

Bobby Outten, Chairman
County Manager and Attorney, Dare County

• Justin Whiteside, Vice-Chairman
  Town Administrator, Ocean Isle Beach
• Ken Willson, Treasurer
  Client Program Manager, Coastal Protection Engineering, Wilmington
• Carin Faulkner, Secretary
  Public Information Officer, Village of Bald Head Island
• Merrie Jo Alcoke
  Attorney, New Bern
• COL Steven Baker
  Former Commander (R), Wilmington District, USACE
• Dennis Barbour
  Former Mayor, Carolina Beach
• COL Benjamin A. Bennett
  Former Commander (R), Wilmington District, USACE
• Marty Cooke
  Commissioner, Brunswick County
• Melvin Cooper
  Commissioner, Town of Beaufort
• Dan Dawson, P.E.
  Engineer, Wilmington
• Tom Leonard
  Alderman, North Topsail Beach
• Kris Cahoon Noble
  County Manager, Hyde County
• Cliff Ogburn
  Town Manager, Southern Shores
• Todd S. Roessler
  Attorney, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Raleigh
• Spencer Rogers
  Consultant, NC Sea Grant (Ret)
• Elizabeth Sciaudone
  Engineer, Moffatt & Nichol

Ex-Officio Board Members

• Christine Brayman
  USACE, Wilmington District
• Kevin Hart
  N.C. Division of Water Resources
• Mike McIntyre
  Former U.S. Rep. N.C. 7th Congressional District, Dir. Govt. Relations, Ward and Smith, P.A.
  
• Tancred Miller
  Director, N.C, Division  of Coastal Management

• James R. Leutze, Ph.D., Chairman Emeritus
  Chancellor Emeritus, UNC-Wilmington
  
• Representative Pat McElraft
  Former North Carolina State Representative
  
• Kathleen Riely
  Executive Director