Buddy Bengel, Operations Consultant

Buddy Bengel is an entrepreneur native to New Bern. He received his degree in Business Management and is pursuing his MBA at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. Bengel is the current owner of the Morehead City Marlins and Bengel Sports Marketing and Consulting. He’s also the managing partner/co-owner of Bengel Hospitality, which owns and operates Baker’s Kitchen Restaurant and Bakery, Lawson’s Landing Restaurant, Aperitivo Wine Bar, and Beer Army Burger Company.

Bengel’s consulting work has ranged from sporting goods company Spalding and baseball apparel company 3n2 Sports, to political campaigns, public relations, and speech writing. Bengel played professional baseball in America and internationally in Italy. He is currently a member of the Carteret General Hospital Foundation Board of Directors, Carteret County Economic Development Board and Swiss Bear Downtown Development Corporation Board of Directors. He’s a member of the Carteret County Navigators Rotary Club. He is also a graduate of Leadership North Carolina Class XXIII.