About Us

Board of Directors

Officers

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

Board Members

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

Dan Dawson, P.E.

Engineer, Wilmington

Rebecca Gay

County Manager, Currituck County

David Hewett

Coastal Transplants, LLC

Tom Leonard

Former Alderman, North Topsail Beach

Robert Neal, PE

Engineer, Geosyntec

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

William Snyder

Chairman, TISPC

Ex-Officio Members

Robert (Bob) Keistler, PE

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

Emeritus

James R. Leutze, Ph.D.

Chairman Emeritus

Chancellor Emeritus, UNC-Wilmington

Representative Pat McElraft

Former North Carolina State Representative

Staff

Kathleen Riely

Executive Director

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Advocating for coastal preservation, renourishment, sustainability and resiliency requires collaboration with local, state and federal agencies along with the support of the N.C. State Legislature and Congress.

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