Charlie Rivenbark

Born and raised in New Hanover County, Charlie Rivenbark has was first elected to the Wilmington City Council in 1993. Charlie graduated from New Hanover High School in 1967 and enlisted in the U.S. Army on January 21, 1969. Following a tour in Vietnam with the 196th Light Infantry Brigade, Charlie was Honorably discharged in 1971 as a Sergeant E-5-11B40 Infantry and enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Charlie owned and operated several local restaurants until entering commercial real estate in 2004 with Maus, Warwick, Matthews & Co. and Cape Fear Commercial. He was elected to the Wilmington City Council for his first term in 1993, again in 1997 for a second term, and again in 2009 and 2013 for another four-year term. He serves as the council's representative to the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority Board of Directors and also to the board of Wilmington Downtown Inc.

Charlie was selected as an officer in 2001 for the NC Azalea Festival after years of committee service and served as President of the festival in 2007. For the last 20 years, Charlie has been a weekly volunteer reader at a local elementary school. He has two sons, Chad and Travis, and two grandchildren, Greyson and Molly Lynne