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Board of Directors and Staff

2025 Executive Board of Directors

Chair - Kenny Bradberry
Bradberry Garner Real Estate

Chair-Elect - Amanda Lyle
NC Coastal Federation

Treasurer – Bob Sherwell
Apollo Med Flight

Secretary, Immediate Past Chair - Amber Hughes
Murrelle, Hughes & Majstoravich, P.A.

George W. Ballou
Ballou & Sons, Inc

Dale Gillikin
FRC-East

Johnathan Roberts
Dept. of the Navy - NAVFAC

Kirby H. Sloan
Sloan Financial Group

Krista Boyette
BG Digital Group

Susan Brown
OneDigital

Emily Collins
Complexion MedSpa & Aesthetics

Sarah Currie
Town of Morehead City

Braxton Davis
State of North Carolina

Terry Dew
PNC Bank

Jonathan Godwin
State Employees Credit Union

Thomas Gravitt
IQVIA

Danielle Kelly
Community Volunteer

Pauline Shiver
Elite Rehab and Performance

Alta Swain
Covington Investigations, LLC

Michael Tuner
Carteret County Public Schools

Kim Tynes
FRC-East

Ruth Vincent
Adventech, LLC/Rig'em Right Outdoors

Brandon Wickizer
State Employees Credit Union

Chris Williams
United Bank

Jeremy Dickinson
United Bank

Mayor Jerry Jones
(City Appointed)

Dr. Ken Riley
NC Catch

Billy Taylor
Snipes Insurance

Executive Director- Virginia Yopp
executivedirector@ncseafoodfestival.org

Events and Administrative Coordinator - Rebecca Jordan
eventscoordinator@ncseafoodfestival.org