Candidate Biography (submitted by candidate):

Beth Dawson is currently a member of the Cape Fear Museum of History and Science Advisory Board. She is a former member of the New Hanover Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees, and Foundation Board of Directors. She began her banking career with NCNB in 1978, and retired in 2000 with Bank of America. She has served on numerous other community service boards in New Hanover County and is a member of the New Hanover County Republican Executive Committee.

Beth and her husband Dan have been married for 31 years and have resided in New Hanover County for 25 years.

Personal/Professional Background

• 11th Generation North Carolinian
• 25 year Resident of Wilmington
• Retired Banker - 21 year career
• N.C. Real Estate Broker
• Married 31 years to husband Dan
• Education - Salem Academy; N.C. State University
• First Presbyterian Church - Elder

Proven Effective Leadership

• New Hanover Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees - 2 terms - & NHRMC Foundation Board
• Cape Fear Museum of History & Science Advisory Board Member; former Associates Board Member
• Junior League of Wilmington - Sustaining Member
• United Way Campaign Volunteer
• Hospice Volunteer
• President, Ann Marwood Durant Chapter - National Society Colonial Dames, XVII Century
• Stamp Defiance Chapter, NS DAR
• Member, NRA

Our state is faced with the difficult challenge of rebuilding our economy while ensuring adequate funding for our schools and infrastructure needs. The greatness of North Carolina comes from its people, not its government. It is now time to empower the people to get our state moving forward again.