Media Contact: Tai Wong
984-275-5885 | Tai.Wong@RedCross.org

WILMINGTON, N.C., July 15, 2025 – The American Red Cross of North Carolina is excited to announce a new executive director for the Cape Fear Chapter. Earlier this month, Darren G. Allison began his role serving the Cape Fear area.

“I am incredibly grateful, as this is a tremendous opportunity to serve the Cape Fear region, my community and my neighbors,” Allison said. “I am deeply honored to serve alongside a team of dedicated volunteers and professionals in the execution of the American Red Cross mission and the delivery of timely mission services to all Cape Fear region communities and residents.”

Allison is an experienced leader who focuses on people and effective outcomes. He brings more than 25 years of organizational leadership and humanitarian experience. He previously served as program manager at the Pentagon’s U.S. Army Office of Installations, Housing, and Partnerships. Before that, he was the business area director at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, where he led the Real Estate Assessment Center’s nationwide building inspection and risk assessment program for all federally subsidized public housing authorities and multifamily housing properties.

He served the greater Wilmington community as a volunteer with the Cape Fear Guardian ad Litem Association, and through his work with the Cape Fear Community College and the Boys & Girls Club.

Allison began his career in the U.S. Marine Corps and is a former helicopter pilot and combat veteran. He flew humanitarian assistance and disaster response missions during the Hurricane Katrina recovery and was logistics air crew in response to Hurricane Floyd. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Aviation Flight School program. He earned a Bachelor of Science in airway science from Hampton University and a Master of Science from Marine Corps University, Command and Staff College in Quantico, Virginia. He also holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Government.

About the American Red Cross:
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides comfort to victims of disasters; supplies about 40% of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; distributes international humanitarian aid; and supports veterans, military members and their families. The Red Cross is a nonprofit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to deliver its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or CruzRojaAmericana.org, or follow us on social media.

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