Bob Peele.

For 10 years, Bob Peele, 45, has overseen operations at Wanchese Seafood Industrial Park, a 60-acre site that opened in 1981. Just before the Bear Grass native started there, it had expanded to embrace all marine-related ventures, not just seafood businesses. Today, it has 26 tenants, including commercial-fishing and boat-building businesses, government agencies such as the Coast Guard and the NX. Division of Marine Fisheries and a full-service marina.

Resume: Bachelor's in political science in 1987 from State University. Served on the staffs of U.S. Rep. Walter Jones Sr. and U.S. Rep.H. Martin Lancaster from 1987 to 1994. Assistant director of the North Carolina Fisheries Association in New Bern in 1994. Coordinator for the Oregon Inlet Jetty...