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Board of Directors

Brayton Willis, Chairman, Executive Director and Treasurer

  • Retired Senior Project Manager, US Army Corps of Engineers

  • Former Secretary, NC NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Committee

  • USMC Veteran

  • Life Member NAACP

Veronica Carter, Member

  • Elected to Leland Town Council in 2019

  • NC DEQ Secretary's Environmental Justice and Equity Board

  • Battleship North Carolina Commission Member

  • Major, US Army Retired

  • Descendant of the Mende Tribe of Sierra Leone

  • Life Member NAACP

Barnes Sutton, Vice Chairman 

  • Director, Economic Development, Town of Leland

  • North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority Board Member 

  • Brunswick County Habitat for Humanity Board Member

Simone Mills Allen, Secretary

  • Retired Manager, USPS - Occupational Safety and Health - Northern Virginia District

  • ‘Boundless’ Sculpture Sponsor - Cameron Art Museum

  • Member NAACP

Terri Everett, Member

  • Senior Executive Federal Government - Human Resources, Program and Project Management, Procurement and Acquisition, Government Contracting, and Logistics.

  • Serves on several Boards in the Community including WHQR Public Radio

Cameron Hankins, Member

  • Senior Pastor, New Christian Chapel Rose Hill, NC

  • Member, North Brunswick Kiwanis Club

  • Chaplain, Volunteer Chaplain Services, Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office

  • Member, Belville Elementary Parent Advisory Council and Belville Elementary Parent Teacher Organization

  • Brunswick County Schools Dropout Prevention Specialist

  • Gullah Geechee Descendant

George Yu, Member

  • VP Management, Global Supply Chain and International Business

  • Computer Hardware/Software Industry, Telecom to Aerospace.

  • Director for Business & Industry Customized Training at Brunswick Community College

  • Member NAACP

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