Plemmons, Garner, and Capel each get new term

WILMINGTON, NC – Three members of the North Carolina State Ports Authority Board of Directors have been reappointed to new terms on the Board.

Gregory Plemmons of Greensboro was reappointed by Gov. Mike Easley to a six-year term. Plemmons, a member of the Ports Authority Board since 2003, chairs the Board’s administration and audit committee. He is vice president of OD Global, a division of Old Dominion Freight, Line Inc. in Thomasville. His responsibilities at OD Global include product development, international partnership development, marketing and ocean container drayage. He is a graduate of N.C. State University.

 Mayor Derryl Garner of Newport was reappointed by Sen. Marc Basnight, President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate, to a third two-year term. Mayor Garner chairs the Board’s property committee and is a member of the government relations committee. He has served on the Board since 2002 and has served as mayor of Newport since 1977. He retired after a 40-year-civil service career in the aeronautics engineering department at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. He has held leadership positions on numerous regional and statewide boards and organizations.

Jesse S. Capel of Troy was reappointed by Rep. Joe Hackney, Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, to a second two-year term. A Board member since 2005, Capel sits on the Board finance committee and is chairman of the Ports Authority Foundation Board of Directors. He retired as executive director of Capel Inc., the country’s largest importer and manufacturer of area rugs. He is a graduate of N.C. State University and served two years of active duty in the U.S. Army.