Audrey is a Wilmington resident of 27 years (in NC since 1966). She has been a member of the board for seven years and secretary for five. An Oregon native, she is a retired NC school administrator who has worked in private industry and foundations. Audrey is a link to League of Women Voters, which often speaks publicly with CFRW on local environmental issues.

Julia has been a resident of Wilmington since 1988. In 1994 she earned a MS degree in geology (emphasis on coastal processes). As a Senior Environmental Scientist at the Wilmington office of CZR Incorporated, she navigates clients through state and federal permits pertaining to wetlands/streams/buffers/protected species, evaluates land for suitable wetland and stream mitigation potential, prepares state and federal documentation of impacts to natural resources, and coordinates with permitting agency representatives. Julia joined the board in 2008.

A graduate of Vanderbilt and Harvard, Lara is an experienced landscape architect whose diverse history includes residential and institutional gardens, interpretative centers, museums aquariums, and zoos. Over the last 13 years, she has worked in all facets of project development from the planning and feasibility stages to construction administration. She is particularly interested in thoughtful site planning, where respect for ecological context results in low-maintenance landscapes that celebrate our region.

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Jim is a Professional Business Manager having served successfully as president of 5 uniquely different mid-size manufacturing companies over a period of 20+ years. He is currently self-employed as a real estate broker in downtown Wilmington. His education includes a BA in Economics and MBA in Marketing. In addition to serving as Treasurer of CFRW, Jim is Vice President of Wilmington's Downtown Business Alliance, on the Board of Downtown Wilmington, Inc., and on the Board of the City of Wilmington Downtown Parking Advisory Committee.

Arthur is an Educated Forest Entomologist. He has worked for the US Forest Service, the Department of Natural Resources, and was the Commissioner of the Department and Chairman of the MA Water Recourses Commission. He worked for International Paper in the Public Affairs and Government Affairs Department as the Regional Public Affairs Director, The Associate Director of Government Affairs, and then was the Director of Government Affairs. For all of his time at International Paper, he was a lobbyist at the federal and state level of government. After retiring from International Paper in 1996, he started his own consulting firm, Brownell Associates, in McLean VA. The firm was dissolved in 2003 when he moved to Wilmington, NC. Arthur joined the board in 2007.

Larry is a Professor at UNCW with a Ph.D in Zoology from Duke University. He is a biological oceanographer and limnologist (studier of freshwater lakes and ponds) with strong interests in water quality analysis and remediation. He is also a certified Senior Ecologist with the Ecological Society of America.

Alan is a professional photographer who, before moving to Southeastern North Carolina, founded Sanctuary Friends, a non-profit organization supporting the educational and research goals of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. In addition to CFRW he is also an active volunteer with Audubon North Carolina and the North Carolina Coastal Federation and is member of the PenderWatch Board of Directors.

Melissa Juhan is a retired Wake County Public School teacher. She taught reading, math and academically gifted classes, but spent the majority of her time as a fifth grade classroom teacher. She loves history, theater and environmental education. In 2004 she went to work for the Town of Holly Springs as a permanent part time employee helping develop environmental programs with Sabrina Thompson, the park naturalist, at the new Bass Lake Park. The great thing about the park job was that Scott Barnard, then park director, sent Sabrina and Melissa to just about every class the Museum of Natural Sciences offered. At the park she helped organize the first "Bass Lake Day" and the first "Turtle Festival" working closely with schools in the Holly Springs area. She and her husband, Chuck, enjoy fly fishing, canoeing, and living at the coast in North Carolina.

Leah is an attorney and legal educator who has spent much of her career working in public interest and public service areas. Her litigation experience includes complex employment, contracts, class action/impact, consumer and civil rights advocacy in federal and state courts. She then joined the faculty of the University of Nevada's Boyd Law School as a Lawyering Process Professor, teaching advocacy, legal writing, and the law of evidence for five years. Leah graduated from Emory University School of Law and received her B.A. in history from Colgate University. She currently serves on the Board of WHQR 91.3fm public radio and previously served on the board of the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada and the Nevada Task Force on Racial, Economic, and Gender Bias in the Justice System. Leah is an avid hiker and lifelong environmentalist and though she enjoyed living among the vast beauty of Nevada for fifteen years, she is happy to have relocated to lush beauty of historic downtown Wilmington.

Jeannie is a retired licensed family therapist and social worker who moved to Wilmington in 1999 from Washington DC. She has had numerous experiences as a worker and volunteer with a variety of non-profits (Women Strike for Peace; Potomac Appalachian Trail Club; American Rivers Conservation Council among them). Currently she volunteers as a Disaster Mental Health Worker for the American Red Cross and serves on the Community Crisis Response Team in New Hanover County. She is interested in helping expand the membership, educating local politicians about environmental issues, and looks forward to being useful to Cape Fear River Watch.

Jot is one of the founding captains in CFRW's annual Striper Tournament and won First Place overall and First Place Aggregate in 2008. Active in the charter fishing and tournament business since 1996, Jot has managed to translate his lifetime passion for fishing and guiding into his own charter business which he began in 2007.

Dave has been a board member for seven years; six as Treasurer. Dave is from Washington DC where he worked with the Defense Department and spent 17years as a Program Analyst with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He has has also served on the Advocacy Committee for CFRW and volunteers with the Jazz Appreciation Society and the Wilmington Symphony.

Paul consults with small to medium companies or startups to improve the performance of their organizations on a group or individual basis and brings 30 years of business management and consulting experience and expertise. He is currently on the Wilmington Harbor Enhancement Trust board, serves on the board of Community Homeowner's Association, is a leader within the Cape Fear Council of Boy Scouts and enjoys boating, diving, backpacking, and competitive tennis. He looks forward to helping Cape Fear Riverwatch in any capacity he is able.

Elise is a real estate development and appraisal professional. She provides business consulting services for systems and personnel management. She is heavily involved with many civic groups and has a long history with Cape Fear River Watch as a volunteer with the organization and its programs. Elise is an avid kayaker and leader in the local environmental community at large.

Brad Rosov, new on Board in 2006, UNCW Research Technician, Aquatic Ecology, previously on staff with The Nature Conservancy in Florida, similar to CFRW, other positions with Carolina Ocean Studies, Coastal Encounters and Human Genome Science related to environmental studies and concerns. Numerous presentations and published articles.

Brent McAbee is the retired finance director for City of Wilmington and Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, serving for over 30 years in local government management. He is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in North Carolina and has a BA and Masters in Public Administration from the University of South Carolina. As an avid kayaker for twenty years, Brent has spent many hours on the Cape Fear River which has provided him first-hand knowledge of the need to protect this valuable resource.

Roger is a Geology and Environmental Science professor at UNCW and has been teaching since 1999. He is very interested in the Coastal Plain of North Carolina and uses it as a natural laboratory in his classes. He conducts field trips to the coasts, the Green Swamp, and up in the Bay Lakes areas. Roger grew up in Brunswick County and worked in the Energy Industry for 20 years. He is also an active volunteer with the Nature Conservancy and the NC Coastal Federation.

A local builder interested in “Building Green”, Dave has been on the board since 2005. He is on the New Hanover County Watershed Management Advisory Board, Lower Cape Fear Stewardship Development Committee, the Board Wilmington Cape Fear Homebuilders and serves as the New Hanover Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor. He is the voting member on the C-Cap committee representing Brunswick, NH, & Pender counties.

Dawn has been a resident of Wilmington since 1995. In 1999 she earned a BS degree in biology and chemistry with a minor in environmental studies. While working as a research technician under the supervision of Dr. Courtney Hackney on the Cape Fear River Harbor Deepening Project, she decided to continue with her education and received an MS degree in marine science (emphasis on ecological estuarine/coastal processes.) Her Masters work focused on the use of bryophytes as indicators of hydrologic and salinity change within the swamp system of the Northeast Cape Fear River. She has worked for CZR Inc., as an environmental consultant to industry, municipalities, and property owners. Currently she is working for Coastal Planning & Engineering of NC, Inc. as a coastal biologist in which she navigates clients through state and federal permits pertaining to natural resources (wetlands/EFH/protected species) for the purpose of shoreline protection and evaluation, prepares state and federal documentation of impacts to natural resources, and coordinates with permitting agency representatives.