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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The NCRWA Board of Directors, elected from the association's membership, which includes local governments, sanitary districts, water and sewer authorities, and other nonprofit corporations engaged in the distribution/treatment of water and/or the collection/treatment of wastewater in NC. All directors serve a two-year term. 

Maria Hunnicutt
President

Broad River Water Authority
PO Box 1269
Rutherfordton, NC 28139
828-286-0640
Region 4, 2025-2028

Christina Smith, PE
Senior Vice President 

Beaufort County Public Works
111 W. 2nd Street
Washington, NC 27889
252-975-0720
Region 1, 2024-2027

Jon Pons
​Vice President

Icard Township Water Corporation
P.O. Box 427
Hildebran, NC 28637
Ph: 828-397-6294
Region 4, 2025–2028

Jason Herbert
Secretary

Maggie Valley Sanitary District
45 Water Plant Road
Maggie Valley, NC 28751
828-926-0145
Region 5, 2023-2026

Todd Taylor, PE
Treasurer

Orange Water & Sewer Authority
400 Jones Ferry Road
Carrboro, NC 27510
919-537-4216
Region 3, 2024-2027

Wilmer Melton
Immediate Past President

City of Kannapolis
1401 Bethpage Rd.
Kannapolis, NC 28082-1199
704-920-4200
Region 3, 2023-2026

Schumata Brown
Town of Maysville

404 Main Street
Maysville, NC 28555
910-743-4441
Region 2, 2024-2027


Jeff Evans
Tuckaseigee Water & Sewer Authority

​1246 W. Main St.
Sylva, NC 28779
828-586-9318
​Region 5, 2025-2028


Tim Holloman
Lower Cape Fear Water and Sewer Authority

1107 New Pointe Blvd., Suite 17
Leland, NC 28451
​910-383-1919
Region 2, 2023-2026


Nick Lolies
Perquimans County Water

​P.O. Box 45
Hertford, NC 27944
252-426-8230
​Region 1, 2023-2026


Josh Nickol
Junaluska Sanitary District

228 Edwards Rd. 
Clyde, NC 28721
828-452-1178
Region 5, 2024-2027


​​Lisa Smith-Perri
West Carteret Water Corporation

4102 Highway 24
Newport, NC   28570
252-393-1515
Region 2,  2025-2028


​Danny Sloan
Iredell Water Corporation

571 Jennings Rd.
Statesville, NC 28625
704-876-0672
Region 4, 2023-2026

Marie Strandwitz
Town of Hillsborough

105 E. Corbin St.
Hillsborough, North Carolina
919-296-9631
Region 3, 2025 - 2028

Barry Sutton
Eastern Pines Water Corporation

5442 Eastern Pines Road
Greenville, NC 27858
252-752-7420

Region 1, 2025-2028

National Rural Water Association
Board Member
Neil Carpenter

P.O. Box 1029
Maggie Valley, NC 28751
​828-926-0145

NCRWA Board President Maria Hunnicutt
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