Theresa “Tess" Judge joined the N.C. Board of Transportation in April 2025 and represents Division 1.
She is a current resident of Kitty Hawk. After a lengthy career in hospitality management before retiring in 2020, Judge has been active in various volunteer and community activities, including roles within her church and diocese.
Judge has had extensive involvement on numerous boards such as the East Carolina Health Foundation, N.C. Marine Industrial Park Authority, Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce, Outer Banks Community Foundation, Outer Banks Hospital Board of Directors and many others. She has also co-chaired North Carolina's State of the Child initiative multiple times.
Born in Charlottesville, Va., she and her late husband Warren raised four children in Jamestown, N.C., before moving to the Outer Banks in 1989.