Who We Are
The members of the Lakes Management Department

Norm Shea
Director

Norm has been the head of the Lakes Management Department since January of 1991 so has seen many changes in the island over time. He is a native of Daytona Beach, FL and came to Charleston in 1981 to attend The Citadel. After graduating in 1986 with a BS in biology, he spent 3 years as a fisheries extension agent with the Peace Corps in Liberia, West Africa.

Norm and his wife stay busy with their 3 year old daughter. He is active in the SC Native Plant Society and as a Coastal Master Naturalist.

Carrie Manson
Aquatic Resource Biologist

Carrie began working with the Lakes Department in April 2002. She is a 1997 graduate from Wright State University in Dayton, OH, with a BS in biology and a minor in psychology. She is a native of West Milton, OH.

She has worked as a naturalist recently with Kiawah Island Resort's Nature Program and previously with Brukner Nature Center in Troy, OH. In Maine she worked as a whitewater rafting guide with Adventure Bound and as an environmental educator with Americorps.

Carrie volunteers with the Charleston Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation and is active with the Coastal Master Naturalists.

Mike joined the Lakes Department in October of 2004, following his move from Indiana to the Charleston area in July of 2004.

Mike attended Saint Joseph's College in Rensselaer, IN, graduating with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Environmental Science in 2003. He has a varied background, working as a supervisor with Stark Truss Company, at Rose Acre Farms as a supervisor / pasteurizer, and with the Nature Conserancy at Kankakee Sands as a restoration assistant.

He is an active member of the Charleston Racing Pigeon Club and enjoys fishing and spending time with his wife and two daughters.

Roy is the most recent addition to the Lakes Department, but he's not new to KICA. For the past 7 1/2 years He has been working with KICA's Land Management Department, transferring to the Lakes Department in January 2009.

Roy is a Charleston native who grew up in West Ashley and graduated from Middleton High School. Following graduation he served as a corpsman in the Navy, and before coming to KICA, worked for Coburg Dairy. Roy isn't the only member of his family working for KICA; both his wife and son work here as well.

With his love of fishing and abundance of outdoor knowledge, Roy will fit in well with the Lakes Department.