Board of Education Member Profiles

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Katie Statler

Katie Statler -  Chair

233 Legacy Lane, Newport, NC 28570

Phone: 252-725-3944

Email:  [email protected]

Years on board: District 2; Re-elected December 2024; Term expires: 2028

Occupation: Surrogacy Coordinator

Education: Bachelor's degree in Family and Community Services, East Carolina University

Other involvements: Classroom volunteer; prior PTO president and prior Parent Advisory Council chair at Newport Elementary School

   
Clark Jenkins

 Clark Jenkins - Vice Chair

2610 Evans Street, Morehead City, NC 28557

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 252-646-2626

Years on Board: District 3; Took office December 2018; Term expires 2026

 

Occupation: Owner of Heritage Cabinet Company and Heritage Contracting Services

 

Education: Bachelor of Arts in sociology with minor in business administration from Barton College, NC State University Current Board Areas of Oversight: Athletics, Buildings & Grounds, Transportation

Other involvements: Former chair and member of the NC Seafood Festival Board of Directors; Board of Trustees and High School Youth Leader at First United Methodist Church in Morehead City; Member of F3; Seashore Soccer League Coach; Morehead City Parks and Recreation Youth Volleyball

Brittany Wheatly

Brittany Wheatly  

206 Ash Lane, Beaufort, NC 28516

Phone: 252-241-7080

Email:  [email protected]

Years on board: District 5; Took office December 2018; Term expires 2026

Occupation: Real Estate Broker

Education: Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration

Other involvements: Member and Sunday School teacher at St. Paul's Episcopal Church; classroom volunteer; member of Beaufort Ole Towne Rotary Club; former committee member of NC Pre-K Site Selection Subcommittee; former treasurer of Beaufort Elementary School PTO; EOG test proctor

            Kathryn Smith Chadwick

 Kathryn Smith Chadwick

500 Stacy Loop Road, Stacy, NC 28581

Phone: 252-723-0820

Email: [email protected]

Years on board: District 6; Took office December 2018; Term expires 2026

Occupation: Owner of Harkers Island RV Resort, Atlantic RV Resort, Wild Will's Revenge Restaurant in Atlantic, NC, and Retail Square in Otway

Education: Graduated from East Carteret High School; Attended Carteret Community College

Other Involvements: Member of Carteret County Public School Foundation; Past Chair and Board Member of Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center; Member of NC Fisheries Association, Fight for Cape Lookout; Attends Atlantic Missionary Baptist Church; Active with Boy Scout Troop 252; and Member of NC Scenic Byway Committee; Current Co-Chair of Down East Middle School Booster's Club and EOG test proctor volunteer; former Advisory Council member at Atlantic Elementary, Down East Middle and East Carteret High schools; former Co-Chair of Atlantic Elementary PTO.

Stephanie Krzich

Stephanie Krzich

116 Marsh Harbour Dr, Newport, NC  28570

Phone: 920-372-3300

Email: s[email protected]  

Years on board: District 1; Took office October 2024; Term expires: 2026

Occupation: Staff Accountant at High Speed Gear

Education: Bachelor of Science in Finance and BS in Mathematics, Illinois State University

Other Involvements: Vice-Chair Republican Party, Bogue precinct; Carteret County GOP, Executive Committee and Facilitator of Constitution Alive; Carteret County Votes Counts, past volunteer; Upward Basketball Coach; Western Carteret Baseball Volunteer; CHS and BCMS volunteer; The Parent Project and The Marriage Project, Facilitator; Gus Foundation Young Associates' Board, Past Co-Chair; Tax Assistance Program, past volunteer; New Life Community Church, past volunteer

Kevin Whtie

Kevin White

550 Neptune Dr., Cape Carteret, NC 28584

Phone:  252-723-7605 

Email:  [email protected]

Years on Board: District 4; Took office December 2024; Term expires 2028

Occupation: Retired

Education: Associate in Electronic Engineering

Other involvements: Current member of Carteret County Consolidated Human Services Board, volunteer Firefighter/Paramedic; Former Carteret Community College Public Safety Training Coordinator, Adjunct Fire & EMS Instructor, Fire Chief of Indian Beach/Salter Path fire Department, Fire & EMS Captain of Atlantic Beach Fire Department, Volunteer Assistant Chief of EMS for Western Carteret Fire & EMS, Town of Cape carteret commissioner, Cape Carteret Planning Board Secretary, President of Carteret County Fire & EMS Chief's Association, Fire & EMS Commission member, Broad Creek Middle School Advisory Council member, Western Park Girls Softball League coach, Seashore Soccer League coach and referee. 

 Nathan

 

Nathan Chambers

 

1302 Barnacle Lane, Morehead City, NC 28557

 

Phone:  252-241-8731

 

Email: kenneth[email protected]

 

Years on board: District 3; Took office December 2024; Term expires: 2028

 

Occupation: Chambers Coastal Realty LLC. NC Licensed Real Estate Broker. Chambers Coastal Restoration. NC Licensed Building Contractor. 

 

Education: Bachelor of Arts from NC State University’s Poole College of Management with a concentration in Strategic Business Planning

 

Other Involvements: Current Chairman of Morehead City Planning Board, Board Chairman for the Pregnancy Support Center, Salisbury, NC, Chairman of Salisbury, NC Real Estate Advisory Council, School Volunteer, Videographer for West Carteret Football Team, Youth Sunday School Teacher, Youth Coach Upward basketball and football.