
Jessica Loeper began as New Hanover County’s chief communications officer in June 2019, after serving as interim beginning in January 2019. Her role includes oversight of the county’s communications team, including media relations, social media, web services, branding and marketing, and digital productions.
Loeper originally joined the county in February 2016 as the communications & outreach coordinator and was promoted to communications & outreach manager in the fall of 2018. Her background is in communications and nonprofit development in both Wilmington and Charlotte. Prior to working with the county, she served as the director of communications and outreach for Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity.
Loeper received a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a concentration in Public Relations. She is a graduate of WILMA’s Leadership Institute, the UNCW/NHC SERVE Professional Development Academy, and UNCW’s Academy for Strategic Management. She currently serves as co-chair of the Cape Fear Communicators and is a member of the City-County Communications & Marketing Association (3CMA), NC City & County Communicators (NC3C), National Association of County Information Officers, Public Relations Society of American (PRSA) and the North Carolina PRSA chapter.
In 2019, she received WILMA Magazine’s Women to Watch Award in the public service category and was also honored by the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce and StarNews Media’s “40 Under 40” Award.
As a native to the area, she has a great passion for New Hanover County and the many programs and services offered to residents. And among the many wonderful things to do in our county, she loves going to the area’s beaches and being on the water with her family.