The N.C. 12 Task Force is a collaborative effort that includes stakeholders from Dare County, Hyde County, the National Park Service (NPS), the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, the N.C. Division of Coastal Management (CAMA), the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), the Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative and the Tideland Electric Membership Cooperative. 

The N.C. 12 Task Force consists of the following stakeholders:

  • Chairperson: Robert L. “Bob” Woodard Sr. (Dare County Board of Commissioners Chairman)
    woodard@darenc.com 

Blue banner image which reads: NC 12 Task Force Subcommittee Members (with county seal logo)

Note: Each N.C. 12 Task Force member is also a de facto member of the subcommittee list.

Chairman: Robert “Bobby” Outten (Dare County Manager/Attorney)

Ocracoke Island Representative: 
Bob Chestnut 

Hatteras Island Representative:
Danny Couch (Dare County Board of Commissioners) 

Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative 
Susan Flythe (or designee) 

Tideland Electric Membership Corporation 
Paul Spruill (or designee) 

Southern Environmental Law Center 
Kym Hunter, Esq.

North Carolina Division of Coastal Management (CAMA) 
Braxton Davis (or designee)
CC: Jonathan Howell
CC: Cathy Brittingham
CC: Greg Daisey

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission 
Cameron Ingram (or designee)
CC: Travis Wilson

U.S Fish and Wildlife Service 
Pete Benjamin
CC: Gary Jordan 

Coastal Studies Institute (CSI) 
D. Reide Corbett

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
Col. Benjamin A. Bennett 
CC: Jeremy Smith
CC: Christine Brayman
CC: Scott McLendon
CC: Monte Matthews
CC: Kyle W. Barnes 

North Carolina Division of Water Resources 
S. Daniel Smith, Director (or designee)
CC: Amy Chapman
CC: Garcy Ward 

North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries 
Kathy Rawls, Director (or designee)
CC: Dee Lupton
CC: Jimmy Harrison

NOAA National Marine Fisheries 
Pace Wilber (or designee)
CC: Fritz Rohde
CC: Twyla Cheatwood 

NCDOT Ferry Division 
Harold B. Thomas, Director
CC: Catherine Peele, Planning & Development Manager