Our Party Officials

Shelley was born in Key West, FL and grew up a Navy brat. She taught elementary school after graduating from Texas A&M. She earned her Ph.D. in reading education from Ohio State, then worked as a research associate and project coordinator at Vanderbilt. After moving to Richmond, VA, she served as a literacy non-profit consultant before returning to teaching as a tutor. Her volunteer experiences include robotics team mentor, PTSA vice president, and policy steering committee parent rep at the regional governor’s school her son attended. She and her husband moved to Holden Beach in 2020. After joining BCDP and working on the communications team, she was elected 1st vice chair in 2021, and served as acting chair in 2022 when the party's chair ran for state office. In 2025, she is grateful to be serving a second term as chair, working with the amazing team of Democrats in Brunswick County.

Arthur Hill was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. He graduated with a BA in English from the University of Virginia. After three years in the Army, including a year in Vietnam, he worked as a legislative aide and speechwriter for a U.S. senator, a Washington correspondent for several magazines, and a member of the Corporate Communications Department at a major federal agency. In 2014, he moved with his wife, Sherry, to St. James, North Carolina. Since then, he has fulfilled a goal to work as editor and contributor at a small community publication. He co-authored a book published in 2022 on the history of St. James. Arthur also serves as BCDP's Communications Team Chair.

Kristine was born and raised in New York, but has called North Carolina home for over thirty years. She graduated from Fordham University with a major in philosophy and a minor in math. Before retiring, Kristine was an administrator and program director in non-profit health.

Mike Rush was born and raised in Montclair NJ., where he graduated from Montclair High School in 1967. After graduation from high school , he served as a Second Class Petty Officer in the United States Navy from 1967 until 1971 and used his GI Bill Benefits he accumulated from his years of military service to attend Babson College in Wellesley, MA where he graduated with a BS in Business Management in 1975.

Prior to retiring, Mike’s professional background included solution/consultative sales, management, and corporate marketing positions for several Fortune 500 companies in the computer, telecom, and network equipment industries.

Victor moved to Brunswick County in early 2020.  He retired as an actuary, specializing in asset-liability management, investor and regulatory relations, and product development in the pensions and investments area

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Ed was born in Greenville, NC, and is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University and Duke University. Ed spent most of his career in the field of computer science, where he developed, tested and managed several software projects for IBM and other companies. This is the fourth term for Lewis, who resides with his wife in St. James.

Paula, a resident of Leland, moved to Brunswick County from Long Island, NY, in 2016, is beginning her third term. An attorney who practices estate planning, Clarity served as Leland Precinct Chair and Third Vice-Chair of the County party until 2021, when she was appointed a member of the Brunswick County Board of Elections. While living in New York, Clarity assisted the Suffolk County Democratic Party as a poll observer.

Timothy, a Brunswick County native, is serving his first term on the BOE. He is a graduate of Brunswick Community College and Greensboro College. He received an MBA from Webster University. Retired from Brunswick Community College, he is currently a first sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserves and a trustee at the Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church. He lives in Calabash.