Nancy Brady
ABSTP Inc. Vice President

Norma Jean Gomez
ABSTP Inc. Secretary

After growing up in Annapolis, MD, and living in Guatemala for over a decade, Norma Jean has called Morehead City home for the last 22 years. Raising two kids on the coast further developed her interest in sailing, camping, biking, and paddle boarding. Her love for sea turtles began years ago but blossomed when she and her husband became empty nesters and her daughter encouraged her to take more walks on the beach. Norma Jean joined ABSTP as a volunteer in 2021.

Beverly Wells
ABSTP Inc. Co-Treasurer

Carolyn Arnold
ABSTP Inc. Co-Treasurer

Carolyn is a native Eastern North Carolina having spent all of her summers in Atlantic Beach.  In 2016 she retired with her husband to become an Atlantic Beach resident and joined the Atlantic Beach Sea Turtle rescue program in 2017.  She is happiest when on the beach patrolling for newly laid nests in the early summer mornings, monitoring nests during incubation periods (rain or shine) and nurturing resulting hatchlings as they make their way to the ocean.

Dawn Walsh
ABSTP Inc. Board Member at Large

Barbara Mallory
ABSTP Inc. Board Member at Large

Barbara is a native North Carolinian who spent many summer vacations with her family and friends along the shores of Atlantic Beach. Currently a resident of Atlantic Beach, she enjoys volunteering at the NC Aquarium, with the sea turtle patrol, and also with the Carteret Community Theatre. A graduate of East Carolina University, Barbara served the education profession as a teacher, high school principal, and graduate professor, and now, her love for sea turtles has shaped her volunteer “career” since her retirement in 2020. When not volunteering, Barbara enjoys traveling, as well as visiting friends and family, including spending time with her daughter and doodle in Wilmington, NC

Mary Ann Kelley
ABSTP Inc. Board Member at Large

Mary Ann began volunteering with ABSTP in 2022 and joined the board as a member at large in 2025. As the wife of a retired Marine, Mary Ann lived at Cherry Point in the 1990s and has vacationed at Atlantic Beach ever since. She and her husband live in Morehead City, where they moved after he retired. When she isn’t rescuing stranded sea turtles or nest sitting, Mary Ann enjoys working as a web publisher, traveling, and researching family history.