The board of advisors of the Beaufort-Hyde Community Foundation announces a new advisory board member, according to Beth Wilder, board president.

Lee Brimmage of Scranton was appointed to the board. Brimmage works for the Hyde County Cooperative Extension and is a member of the Hyde County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He holds a degree in information and computer technology from East Carolina University.

“We are very excited to have Lee join our board,” Wilder said. “We look forward to working with him to benefit the community.”

The Beaufort-Hyde Community Foundation was founded in 2001 and is an affiliate foundation of the North Carolina Community Foundation. BHCF is led by a local volunteer advisory board that helps build community assets through the creation of permanent endowments, makes grants and leverages leadership — all for the benefit of Beaufort and Hyde counties.