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NCRT Board of Directors

(click here for photos and bios on all our board members)

Executive Director  Carrie Banks*,  (919) 929-7356

Chair John Morck, AICP, (919) 362-9822  

Vice Chair Dave Connelly, (919) 544-6372  

Secretary Nancy Pierce, (704) 535-7409  

Treasurer Bob Segal, CPA, (336) 886-3325  

Director Al Capehart *, PhD, (919) 542-0022  

Director Harry Clapp, PE, (336) 697-7499

Director Michael Domonkos, JD, (828) 884-7648

Director Robert Menzies, (910) 428-9030 

Director Jack Kiser, AICP, (704) 854-6632  

Director Sam Erwin, (828) 485-4229 

Director Tony Reevy, (919) 416-0965  

Director Alison Carpenter, (919) 475-8256 

Director Dilys Bowman, (919) 968-1583 

Director Henry McKoy, (919) 682-5052

Website information Curt Devereux, NCRT Webmaster  

Membership Jean Middleton, (919) 286-7583  

General Counsel David Coats, JD, (919) 828-0731

*Primary information contacts

Resource Contacts

NC State Trails Coordinator Darrell McBane, (919) 715-8699  

NC Parks Grants Manager Vincent Newman-Brooks, (919) 715-1846  

NC Parks, Piedmont Region - VACANT

NC Parks, Mountain Region Tim Johnson, (828) 296-4692

NC Parks, Coastal Region Ann Coughlin, (919) 751-2792

NC DOT Rail Planner Pam Davis, (919) 733-7245 x274

NC DOT Bike-Ped. Divison Tom Norman, (919) 715-2342

NC Land Trusts (South East Division) Member Directory for 2009 (919) 424-4427

NPS RTCP Tom Iurino, (202) 565-1181

NPS RTCP SE Region Rail-Trails Diedre Hewitt, (828) 271-4779 x272

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Kelly Pack, (202) 974-5122

Local Contacts

The County contacts listed below are our liaison to local rail-trails around the State. They are generally familiar with unused rail corridors and rail-trail projects in their respective County. Feel free to contact them if you have questions about unused corridors or about using or volunteer opportunities for existing rail-trails.

Ashe County - Joe Baccardy, (336) 982-9828
Beaufort County - Vernon Teeter, (252) 943-1626
Carteret County - Julianne & Paul Fontoney, (252) 504-2947
Caldwell County - Merlin Perry, (828) 754-7362
Caswell County - Forrest Altman, (336) 234-8556
Catawba County - Kenyon Kelly, (828) 324-8924
Chatham County - Margaret Jordan-Ellis, (919) 898-4814
Cherokee County - Frank Mason, (828) 835-3812
Cleveland County - Fred Blackley (704) 484-1731
Columbus County - Terry Mann, (910) 642-5029
Cumberland County - Paul Wilson, (910) 323-4986
Durham County - Dave Connelly, (919) 544-6372
Gaston County - Jack Kiser, (704) 854-6632
Granville County - Jackie Sergent, (252) 492-7915x236
Guilford County - Joe Best, (336) 834-8382
Halifax County - Christina Gordon, (800) 522-4282
Harnett County - Thomas Jernigan, (910) 892-6260
Henderson County - Mike Oliphant, (828) 693-7615
Lincoln County - Chafin Rhyne, (704) 735-1746
Martin County - Russell Overman, (252) 792-1910
Mecklenburg County - Nancy Pierce, (704) 458-5503
New Hanover County - Chris O'Keefe, (910) 341-7444
Onslow County - Mike Wetzel, (910) 938-5307
Pasquotank County - Dave Copley, (252) 330-4514
Pender County - Dee Turner, (910) 259-1330
Pitt County - Charles Farley, (252) 355-6474
Rockingham County - Katherine Mull, (336) 627-6270
Rutherford County - Eric Wells, (828) 286-9673
Sampson County - Ali Turpen, (910) 229-0924
Stanly County - Lindsey Dunavnt, (704) 984-9560
Stokes County - David Simpson, (336) 969-6121
Transylvania County - Mike Domonkos, (828) 884-7648
Wake County - Leslie Kennedy, (919) 362-4011