Board
Laurie McFaul – Director, Secretary, and Scholarship Lead
Billy Scott – Director & Past President
Doug Purcell – President & Race Series Director
Jay Erbe – Director & Treasurer
Mike Smith – Vice President & Communications Director
Brigit Taylor – Director
Sandy Smyth – Director
Jackie Martini – Director and Grants Lead
Erik Schreiber – Director
Manaen (Robbie) Robinson – Director
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Billy Scott is a past president of the Quiet Resorts Charitable Foundation. He is the managing partner of the law offices of Scott and Shuman, P.A. located in Bethany Beach, Delaware, and practices primarily in the fields of real estate, wills and estate planning, land use, common interest associations, landlord-tenant and business law. Billy has been a member of the Quiet Resorts Charitable Foundation Board for more than 8 years. He has served as counsel or on the board of directors of a number of charitable and not for profit organizations, including the Joshua M. Freeman Foundation, the New Friends of the Fenwick Lighthouse, the Sussex County Economic Development Action Committee, the Indian River Lifesaving Station, the Indian River High School Football Boosters, and many others.
Billy received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Villanova University and his Juris Doctor degree from Villanova University School of Law, and is a member of the bars of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Early in his career, he clerked for the late Honorable Frank X. O’Brien of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Orphan’s Court Division, where he authored several published opinions on wills and estates. Billy lives in Ocean View, Delaware with his wife and children.
Doug Purcell – President and Race Series Director
Doug is currently a local Realtor with Crowley Associates Realty. Prior to that he was a Vice President at Cisco Systems where he led the Public Sector services sales organization and approximately a $1.2B business. Before his 18+ years at Cisco, Doug was a Senior Director at Motorola where he led a worldwide services team in their information systems group. Prior to his 16+ year tenure at Motorola he honorably served in the US Navy within the nuclear powered submarine fleet. He is a graduate of University of Maryland with a BS in business administration.
Doug joined the QRCF over three years ago as the Race Series Director. He has been a Delaware shore property owner for over 35 years and a full time resident for over seven years. He currently resides in the Frankford, DE area.
Laurie McFaul – Secretary and Past President
Laurie graduated from James Madison University in the winter of 1997 with a degree in Health Administration and Education. She started her career in Health Education at Frederick Memorial Hospital as a health educator. After a year of doing so, she moved on to her next career in pharmaceutical sales with Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Laurie worked in pharmaceuticals for 10 years. During those 10 years, she realized that the medical industry was not her passion, it was sales. Laurie transitioned into the real estate industry in 2001, just months before the real estate industry began its down turn. Although many may see this as a bad thing, working and strategizing through the down turn in the market challenged her to work hard and gave her the experience to be able to succeed in her current position. In April of 2013, Laurie became the Director of Sales for Evergreen Homes. Helping other to achieve their goals and helping to shape the look of our local community is her true passion and she enjoys it every day.
During Laurie’s tenure in the Quiet Resorts, she has spent the majority of her time dedicated to charity working with Salisbury Outreach Services. Each year for the last 10, she has adopted up to 11 children to provide them with the Christmas that their family could not otherwise afford. She has found that there is no more satisfying feeling than waking up on Christmas morning knowing that she was able to be Santa for those in need. While it has been a wonderful experience working with Salisbury Outreach Services, Laurie wanted to focus more of her charitable time locally in the Quiet Resorts Area. Laurie joined the QRCF board in 2014.
Sandy Smyth – Board Member
Sandy graduated locally from Indian River High School before receiving a BS in Economics from the University of South Florida in 1989 and his MBA and Juris Doctor from William & Mary in 1993. He worked in finance for IBM and Scientific Atlanta before switching to information technology consulting with Price Waterhouse Coopers and then as an independent consultant for 20 years for several clients including Duke Energy, Glaxo Smith Kline, Prudential and Astra Zeneca.
In 2011 he and his wife Lori opened Tidepool Toys & Games on the Bethany boardwalk. They now also have Tidepool Toys & Games in Fenwick Island, Rehoboth Beach and Kids’ Ketch in Lewes. In 2019 Sandy left consulting to focus full-time on their toy business. Sandy became involved with QRCF as the supplier of dogs and bunnies for the Hair of the Dog and Bunny Palooza races and joined in 2023 as a member of the board.
Brigit Taylor – Board Member
Brigit Taylor is currently a Partner of Keller Williams Realty, located in Bethany Beach, DE and Keller Williams Realty Delmarva and the Director of Expansion for the Griffin Higgins Team. Brigit has been a licensed real estate professional since 1995.
Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Brigit spent her younger years as a competitive ski racer, first attending a ski academy in Vermont, and also racing collegiately at the University of Nevada-Reno.
Retiring from competitive racing at an early age of 20, Brigit went on to complete her undergraduate studies, receiving her degree at the American University in Washington, DC. Her love of skiing did not end, however, as she then spent the next five years working at various ski resorts in North and South America, Australia, and New Zealand.
Brigit finally retired from the ski industry and turned her sights full time towards real estate, working and living in the Vail Valley in Colorado. While continuing to advance in sales & marketing, Brigit pursued and was awarded an MBA from the University of Denver, and, ultimately, was hired as the CFO/COO for the largest real estate brokerage in the Vail Valley.
It was while serving in this role that Brigit’s passion for community service began. She started a foundation for her company which is still thriving today and continues to give back to the Vail Valley community. Over the past 17 years, Brigit has served on numerous 501(c)(3) boards within the communities in which she has lived. Currently, Brigit serves Vice President and Board Member for the Coastal Association of Realtors, Board Member for the Sussex County Association of REALTORS® Community Service Foundation, Board of Directors for the Quiet Resorts Charitable Foundation, committee member for The Delaware Association of Realtors, The Women’s Council of Realtors Sussex County Network . She is a former Board Member of the Sussex County Association of Realtors, Coastal Association of Realtors, and Beach Lacrosse Club.
Brigit resides in West Ocean City with her husband, Dan and two children, Max and Anders.
Manaen (Robbie) Robinson – Director
Born and raised in Dagsboro, Delaware. Robbie’ s family has resided in Sussex County since the early 1700s. Robbie graduated from Indian River High School in 1999. After high school, Robbie attended the University of Delaware, graduating in 2003 with a major in Criminal Justice. Thereafter, Robbie attended Albany Law School and received his Juris Doctor in 2007. Since 2012, Robbie has worked in Ocean View at the law firm now known as Parsons & Robinson, P.A., practicing primarily in the areas of real estate and estate planning. Robbie lives in Dagsboro with his wife, Cara (Deldeo), and three children. He is also a supporter of many local organizations/events including the Division of Family Services Adopt a Family program, Santa’s Letters, the Ball 4 All Foundation, and Lower Sussex Little League. We’ve also contributed to QRCF in the past.