Mayor Carol DeMoranville
Phone: 401-523-9750 (C)
Email: cwdemotwo@gmail.com
Born and raised on the Jersey shore, Carol attended the College of William and Mary, where she earned a BS in Biology. She taught high school biology and earth science for a few years in Williamsburg, VA prior to meeting her husband in the Bahamas. They started and ran a yacht charter company with marinas in The Bahamas, St. Maarten, and St. Thomas. After selling the business 10 years later and enjoying a brief early retirement at their home in the mountains of NC, Carol went back to school for graduate degrees, receiving an MBA from Appalachian State and a PhD in Marketing from Virginia Tech. She taught business strategy, marketing research, services marketing, and consumer behavior at Northern Illinois University for 10 years, and then at Bryant University for 15 years where she also served as Department Chair, Business Dean, and Associate Provost.
Having developed a love of NC while living in the Boone/Banner Elk area, she and her husband, Bill, settled on a retirement location in the Pamlico County area after extensive research and an exploratory visit. They purchased a condo in Arapahoe in 2015 but then fell in love with Minnesott Beach and bought their permanent home in Minnesott Beach in 2019. Carol fully retired in 2020 and became involved in town government. She was appointed to the Minnesott Beach Planning Board in August 2021 and became Chair in November 2021. As Chair, she spearheaded updates to the Code of Ordinances, supervised the update to the Land Use Plan, and produced the town newsletter. Carol is a member of Oriental Rotary and pursues a variety of interests including boating, fishing, gardening, and baking.
